ܐܣܛܘܟܣܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στοιχεῖον (stoikheîon).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔɛstˤuksɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʔɛstˤukse(ʔ)] (plural)
Noun
ܐܣܛܘܟܣܐ • (ˀesṭuksā) m (plural ܐܣܛܘܟܐ or ܐܣܛܘܟܣܐ)
- element, component, first principle
- verse, part of a hymn
References
- “ˀsṭwks”, 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, p. 14b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 23a
- 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. 68b