תשעא

Aramaic

Aramaic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : תשעא (tišʿa)
    Ordinal : תשיעתא (təšiʿaah)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *tišʿ-.

Numeral

תִּשְׁעָא • (tišʿā) m (feminine תְּשַׁע (təšaʿ))

  1. nine (9)
    • Tanach, Exodus 2:82b:
      דְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן אַרְבַּע סְעוֹדָתָא לְקַבָּא, דְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן תֵּשַׁע סְעוֹדָתָא לְקַבָּא!
      Də-rabi Yoḥånån arbaʿ səʿodhåthå ləqabå, də-rabi Šimʿon tēšaʿ səʿodhåthå ləqabå!
      Per Rabbi Yohanan a kav is four meals' worth, per Rabbi Shimon a kav is nine meals' worth!

Descendants

  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܸܫܥܵܐ (tišˁā)
  • Turoyo: ܬܷܫܥܐ (tëšco)

References

  • “tšˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903), “תְּשַׁע”, in A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
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