ܨܚܘܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܨ ܚ ܚ (ṣ ḥ ḥ)
1 term
ܨܚܘܐ

Etymology

Cognate to Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Arabic صَحْو (ṣaḥw), and Hebrew צַח (ṣaḥ).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [sˤɪx.wɑː]

Noun

ܨܸܚܘܵܐ • (ṣiḥwā) m (uncountable)

  1. fair weather, good weather, clear sky
    ܨܸܚܘܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܕܘܼܢܝܹܐṣiḥwā ìlāh dūnyēThe weather is fair
    • Matthew 16:2
      ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܝܼܠܹܗ ܪܲܡܫܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܐܵܡܪܝܼܬܘܿܢ، «ܨܸܚܘܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܕܘܼܢܝܹܐ ܣܵܒܵܒ ܣܡܝܼܩ ܠܹܗ ܫܡܲܝܵܐ».
      īman d-īlēh ramšā kē āmrītōn, “ṣiḥwā ìlāh dūnyē sābāb smīq lēh šmayyā”.
      When it is evening you say, “It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.”
  2. (figuratively) serenity, peace

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܨܸܚܘܵܢܵܐ (ṣiḥwānā)
  • ܨܲܚܘܸܢ (ṣaḥwin)
  • ܡܨܲܚܹܐ (mṣaḥḥē)

See also

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܨ-ܚ-ܚ (ṣ-ḥ-ḥ) related to glowing. Compare Arabic صَحْو (ṣaḥw) and Hebrew צַח (ṣaḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sˤaħwɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܨܚܘܐ • (ṣaḥwā) m (uncountable)

  1. good weather, clear sky
  2. (figuratively) serenity, peace

Inflection

References

  • ṣḥwˀ”, 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, page 301a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 477a
  • 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, page 1282b
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