Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Root
ܚ ܡ ܫ (ḥ m š)
6 terms

Etymology

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From ܚܲܡܫܵܐ (ḥamšā, five, fifth) +‎ ܒ- (b-, in) +‎ ܫܲܒܵܐ (šabbā, week); compare Arabic الْخَمِيس (al-ḵamīs) and Hebrew יוֹם חֲמִישִׁי (yom khamishí).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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ܚܲܡܫܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ or ܚܲܡܫܵܒ݂ܫܹܒܵܐ (ḥamšāḇšabbā or ḥamšāḇšēbām

  1. Thursday (fifth day of the week)

Coordinate terms

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(days of the week) ܝܵܘܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ (yāwmānē d-šāḇōˁā); ܚܲܕ݇ܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (ḥaḇšabbā), ܬܪܹܝܢ݇ܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (trēḇšabbā), ܬܠܵܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (tlāṯāḇšabbā), ܐܲܪܒܥܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (arbˁāḇšabbā), ܚܲܡܫܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (ḥamšāḇšabbā), ܥܪܘܼܒ݂ܬܵܐ (ˁruḇtā), ܫܲܒܬ݂ܵܐ (šabṯā) (Category: aii:Days of the week)

Classical Syriac

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ܚܡܫܐ (ħamšā, five, fifth) + ܒ- (b(ə)-, in) + ܫܒܐ (šabbā), absolute singular form of ܫܒܬܐ (šabb(ə)ṯā, Saturday, week). Compare Arabic الْخَمِيس (al-ḵamīs) and Hebrew יוֹם חֲמִישִׁי (yôm ħămîšî).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ħammɛʃb(ə)ʃabbɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħammɛʃb(ə)ʃabbe] (plural)

Noun

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ܚܡܫܒܫܒܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܚܡܫܒܫܒܐ)

  1. Thursday
    Synonym: ܝܘܡܐ ܕܚܡܫܐ

References

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  • ḥmšbšbh”, 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 109a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 147b
  • 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 468b