A Syriac Chrestomathy

sources for syriacists

R4 · nestle-1889-en/r4/g151-zarta-fistuncertain

lemma

unvoc ܙܪܬܐ
voc ܙܶܪܬܳܐ
translit zertā
pos f.
gloss_en fist
gloss_de Faust
root
payne_smith
frequency_rank
layer vocalized Serto
see cf. ܙܘܪܐ (p. 150)

primer_note

⭐ Nestle cross-refers this to the other 'fist' word on p. 150 — the cf. target is printed with the same four glyphs as that head-word, which is the only external corroboration the p. 150 reading has.

uncertain yes

uncertain_note

Re-read at 3× on 2026-09-01. ✅ Confirmed: two head forms (ܙܪܬ, ܙܪܬܐ), 'f. Faust | fist', pl. ܙܪ̈ܬܝܢ, and the cf. target is four glyphs matching ܙܘܪܐ on p. 150 — which remains that record's only external corroboration. ⚠ STILL OPEN, and not for want of zooming: the pointing of both head forms and of the plural. ⚠ And the gloss is doubtful in the same way as ܚܰܨܳܐ (p. 155): ܙܶܪܬܳܐ is 'a span' (thumb to little finger, Hebrew זֶרֶת), not a fist. Nestle prints 'Faust | fist' and links it to ܙܘܪܐ himself, so the pair is HIS. Per the 2026-09-01 ruling it is not given a synonym link — tier 3b, source defect. For the Syriacist.

sub_lemmas

vocgloss_enraw
ܙܶܪ̈ܬܝܢpl.Pl. ܙܶܪ̈ܬܝܢ

source

primer nestle-1889-en
page 151
leaf n240