ܣܝܥܬܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root ܣ-ܘ-ܥ (s-w-ʿ) related to supporting; compare Arabic شِيعَة (šīʕa), Hebrew סִיעָה (sîʿâ).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [siʕtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [siʕɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun[edit]

ܣܝܥܬܐ (sīʿtāf (plural ܣܝܥܬܐ)

  1. help, aid, succour
  2. company, band
  3. (military) troop, army, body of soldiers
  4. denomination, sect
  5. caravan
  6. funeral
  7. text sung by a choir

Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  • syˁh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-15
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 225a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 375b
  • 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, p. 1006a-b