ܫܢܩܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From the root ܫ-ܢ-ܩ (š-n-q) related to vexing. Compare Hebrew שִׁנּוּק (šinnûq).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ܫܢܩܐ (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. consumption
  2. (pathology) atrophy
Inflection[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From the root ܫ-ܢ-ܩ (š-n-q) related to vexing.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ܫܢܩܐ (transliteration neededm (plural only; not used in singular form)

  1. torment, torture
Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  • šnq”, 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, p. 375a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 587b
  • 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. 1581a