Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħajjuθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħajwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܝܘܬܐ • ‎(ḥayyūṯāʾ) f ‎(plural ܚܝܘܬܐ)

1. life, living, vitality
2. animal nature, animality
3. purity

Inflection

See also

• ܚܝܐ ‎(ḥayyēʾ)

Etymology 2

From the root ܚ-ܝ-ܐ ‎(ḥ-y-ʾ) related to living; compare Arabic حَيَوَان ‎(ḥayawān), Hebrew חַיָּה ‎(ḥayyâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħajw(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħajwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܝܘܬܐ • ‎(ḥaywəṯāʾ) c ‎(plural ܚܝܘܬܐ)

1. creature, beast, wild animal (especially carnivore)

Inflection

Antonyms

• ܒܥܝܪܐ ‎(bəʿīrāʾ)

References

• “xyw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-23
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 103a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 140a
• 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, pp. 445b-446a