Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɑʕ(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃɑʕe(ʔ)], [ʃɑʕɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܥܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܫܥܬܐ or ܫܥܐ)

1. hour (60 minutes)
2. time, o'clock
3. moment
4. season
5. (astronomy) angle, degree
6. (astronomy) ascendant
7. unit of weight equal to 5 oz.
8. (astrology) horoscope

Inflection

Usage notes

• Usually, the plural ܫܥܐ ‎(šāʿēʾ) is a paucal plural (from two to ten) while the plural ܫܥܬܐ ‎(šāʿāṯāʾ) is a multiple plural (eleven or more).
• The absolute singular form ܫܥ ‎(šāʿ) only occurs in the compound ܟܠܫܥ ‎(kolšāʿ, “always”).

Etymology 2

From the root ܫ-ܥ-ܐ ‎(š-ʿ-ʾ) related to playing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)ʕɑθɑ(ʔ)] (singular and plural)

Noun

ܫܥܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܫܥܬܐ)

1. amusement, joke
2. laughing stock
3. play, game
4. sport
5. spectacle

Inflection

References

• “$(h”, 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. 363a, 375b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 588a, 598a
• 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. 1584b-1585a