ܚܡܘܨܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ ܡ ܨ, a Canaanite-loaned doublet of the native root ܚ ܡ ܥ. Doublet of ܚܲܡܘܼܥܬܵܐ (ḥammūʿtā, “sorrel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħammuːsˤtɑ/

Noun

ܚܲܡܘܼܨܬܵܐ • (ḥammūṣtā) f (plural *ܚܲܡܘܼܨܝ̈ܵܬܵܐ (*ḥammūṣəyāṯā))

  1. rhubarb (Rheum species)

References

  • “ḥmwṣh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Bar Bahlul, Ḥasan (a. 1000), Duval, Rubens, editor, Lexicon Syriacum (Collection Orientale; 15–17) (in Classical Syriac), Paris: e Reipublicæ typographæo, published 1901, page 377, column 757 line 22
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928), Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 240b
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881), Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, →DOI, pages 170–171 Nr. 126
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