Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܚܬܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħɑθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܚܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܐܚܘܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܐܚܐ)

1. sister
2. nun
3. (figuratively) companion; relation, similarity

Etymology 2

From Akkadian [script needed] ‎(ḫittu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħɛttɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħɛtte(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܚܬܐ)

1. beam, plank (especially one resting on piles or pillars)
2. (by extension) plank bridge, wooden bridge

Inflection

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħɛttɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħɛtte(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܚܬܐ)

1. Alternative form of ܚܬܬܐ

Inflection

References

• “)xh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “xt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 5a, 120a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 163b
• 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. 503b