ܡܚܫܒܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܫ-ܒ (ḥ-š-b) related to thinking; compare Arabic مُحَاسَبَة (muḥāsaba), Hebrew מַחְשָׁבָה (maḥšāḇâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maħʃavtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [maħʃ(ə)vɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܚܫܒܬܐ • (maḥšaḇtāʾ) f (plural ܡܚܫܒܬܐ)

1. thought, idea
2. care, consideration
3. reasoning, intention, purpose

Inflection

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܚܒܫܐ	ܡܚܒܫܢ
construct	ܡܚܒܫܬ	ܡܚܒܫܬ
emphatic	ܡܚܒܫܬܐ	ܡܚܒܫܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܚܒܫܬܝ	ܡܚܒܫܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܚܒܫܬܟ	ܡܚܒܫܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܚܒܫܬܟܝ	ܡܚܒܫܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܚܒܫܬܗ	ܡܚܒܫܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܚܒܫܬܗ	ܡܚܒܫܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܚܒܫܬܢ	ܡܚܒܫܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܚܒܫܬܟܘܢ	ܡܚܒܫܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܚܒܫܬܟܝܢ	ܡܚܒܫܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܚܒܫܬܗܘܢ	ܡܚܒܫܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܚܒܫܬܗܝܢ	ܡܚܒܫܬܗܝܢ

    declension of ܡܚܫܒܬܐ

References

• “mḥšbh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-07
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 118b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 265b
• 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. 743b