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ܐܘܙܢܐ

ܐܘܙܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܐܘܘܙܢܐ
  • ܘܙܢܐ

Noun

ܐܘܙܢܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܘܙܢܐ)

  1. basin, laver (usually made of stone)
  2. (Christianity) baptismal font
  3. bowl, platter
  4. sarcophagus

Inflection

References

  • )wzn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-13
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 4a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 5a
  • 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. 13b