ܡܣܬܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
ܡ ܣ ܐ
1 term

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [m(ə)sɑθɑ], [mass(ə)θɑ], [mastɑ]

Noun[edit]

ܡܣܬܐ (mɘsāṯā, massətā, mastā) f (uncountable)

  1. rennet, coagulum, sour curdled milk
  2. fermentation
  3. yoghurt
Inflection[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Central Kurdish: ماست (mast)
  • Middle Persian: [script needed] (m’st' /⁠māst⁠/, yoghurt)

Etymology 2[edit]

Root
ܡ ܣ ܣ
1 term

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ܡܣܬܐ (messəṯā) f (uncountable)

  1. that which is enough; right amount, satiety, sufficiency, abundance
  2. portion
Inflection[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

ܡܣܬܐ (massaʾṯā) f (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of ܡܣܐܬܐ (massaʾṯā)
Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  • msh2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • msh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 188a–b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 287a
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, pages 796a–b