ܡܚܛܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root ܚ-ܘ-ܛ (ḥ-w-ṭ) related to sewing; compare Arabic مِخْيَط (miḵyaṭ), Hebrew מַחַט (máḥaṭ).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [m(ə)ħatˤtˤɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [m(ə)ħatˤtˤe] (plural)

Noun[edit]

ܡܚܛܐ (mḥaṭṭāf (plural ܡܚܛܐ)

  1. (sewing) needle
  2. small spear
  3. candlewick

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References[edit]

  • mḥṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-07
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 102a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 264a
  • 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. 738a