Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħarʃɑ(ʔ)], [ħɛrʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħarʃe(ʔ)], [ħɛrʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܪܫܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܚܪܫܐ)

1. magic, witchcraft
2. charm, enchantment, incantation

Inflection

Etymology 2

Modified from above. Compare Arabic سَحَّار ‎(saḥḥār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħarrɑʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħarrɑʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܪܫܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܚܪܫܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܪܫܬܐ)

1. magician, sorcerer, wizard, enchanter

Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܚ-ܪ-ܫ ‎(ḥ-r-š) related to being mute or hoarse. Compare Arabic أَخْرَس ‎(ʾaḫras) and Hebrew חֵרֵשׁ ‎(ḥērēš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħarʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħarʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܪܫܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܚܪܫܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܪܫܬܐ)

1. deaf-mute, mute

Inflection

References

• “xr$”, 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. 117b-118a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 159b-160a
• 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. 496a-b

Anagrams

• ܪܚܫܐ
• ܫܚܪܐ
• ܫܪܚܐ