ܡܫܝܚܐ

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• מְשִׁיחָא (m'šīḥāʾ)

Etymology

From the root מ־שׁ־ח /ܡ-ܫ-ܚ (m-š-ḥ) related to anointing. Cognate to Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ) from Old Aramaic and Biblical Hebrew מְשַׁח (m'šaḥ, “anoint”). Compare Arabic مَسِيح (masīḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məʃiħɑʔ/

Noun

ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ • (m'šīḥāʾ) m

1. (Christianity) Messiah, Christ
2. (Abrahamic religions) anointed one, messiah

Derived terms

• ܝܶܫܽܘܥ ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (Yešūʿ M'šīḥāʾ, “Jesus Christ”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܡ-ܫ-ܚ (m-š-ḥ) related to anointing. Compare Arabic مَسِيح (masīḥ) and Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Western) IPA^(key): /məʃiħoʔ/, [m(ə)ʃiħo(ʔ)] (singular)
• (Eastern) IPA^(key): /məʃiħɑʔ/, [m(ə)ʃiħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA^(key): /məʃiħeʔ/, [m(ə)ʃiħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ or ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ • (m'šīḥoʾ or m'šīḥāʾ) m

1. (Abrahamic religions) anointed one, messiah

Inflection

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܫܝܚ	ܡܫܝܚܝܢ
construct	ܡܫܝܚ	ܡܫܝܚܝ
emphatic	ܡܫܝܚܐ	ܡܫܝܚܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܫܝܚܝ	ܡܫܝܚܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܫܝܚܟ	ܡܫܝܚܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܫܝܚܟܝ	ܡܫܝܚܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܫܝܚܗ	ܡܫܝܚܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܫܝܚܗ	ܡܫܝܚܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܫܝܚܢ	ܡܫܝܚܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܫܝܚܟܘܢ	ܡܫܝܚܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܫܝܚܟܝܢ	ܡܫܝܚܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܫܝܚܗܘܢ	ܡܫܝܚܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܫܝܚܗܝܢ	ܡܫܝܚܝܗܝܢ

    inflection of ܡܫܝܚܐ

Proper noun

ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ or ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ • (M'šīḥoʾ or M'šīḥāʾ) m

1. (Christianity) Messiah, Christ

Derived terms

• ܝܶܫܽܘܥ ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (Yešūʿ M'šīḥoʾ, “Jesus Christ”)
• ܝܼܫܘܿܥ ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ (Išōʿ M'šīḥāʾ, “Jesus Christ”)

References

• “mšyḥ”, 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, pp. 193a, 412b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 305a
• 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. 845a