Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t(ə)wɑθɑ(ʔ)] (singular and plural)

Noun

ܬܘܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܬܘܬܐ)

1. remorse, regret, compunction, penitence
2. (anatomy, in the plural) hypochondria

Inflection

Etymology 2

Compare Akkadian [script needed] ‎(tuttu) and Hebrew תּוּת ‎(tûṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tuθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tuθe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܘܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܬܘܬܐ)

1. sycamore, mulberry (tree and fruit)
2. (medicine) mulberry-like sore, hemorrhoid

Inflection

Descendants

• Arabic: تُوت ‎(tūt)

References

• “twt”, 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. 388a, 389b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 609a
• 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. 1635b