Translingual

Letter

ܣ

1. Syriac letter semkath

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤎 ‎(s, “samekh”). Compare Arabic س ‎(s) and Hebrew ס ‎(s).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [sɛmkaθ]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [s]

Letter

ܣ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. semkath, fifteenth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

• Previous: ܢ
• Next: ܥ

See also

• ܣܡܟܬ

Numeral

ܣ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. (cardinal) number sixty (60)

References

• “s”, 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, p. 216a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 356a
• 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. 958a