ܙܩܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒍣𒆤 (/⁠ziqtu⁠/, stringer, barb, point).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zɛqq(ə)θɑ(ʔ)], [zɛqtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [zɛqq(ə)θe(ʔ)], [zɛqte(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܙܩܬܐ • (transliteration needed) c (plural ܙܩܬܐ)

  1. goad, spur, sting
  2. switch, staff, rod
  3. bow (of an instrument), pick, plectrum
Inflection
Derived terms
  • ܙܩܬ

Etymology 2

From the root ܙ-ܩ-ܬ (z-q-t) related to proding, itself derived from above.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [z(ə)qɑθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [z(ə)qɑθe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܙܩܬܐ • (transliteration needed) c (plural ܙܩܬܐ)

  1. (physiology) spasm, tetanus, stiffness, rigor
Inflection

References

  • zqt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 91b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 120a
  • 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. 395b
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