A Syriac Chrestomathy

sources for syriacists

R4 · nestle-1889-en/r4/g165-unread-mw-xrefuncertain

lemma

unvoc
voc
translit
pos cross-reference
gloss_en ⛔ NOT READ
root
payne_smith
frequency_rank
layer vocalized Serto
uncertain yes

uncertain_note

⚠ TARGET now confidently read, HEAD still not, 2026-09-01 (Step-3 follow-up). A one-line cross-reference standing between ܡܽܘܚܳܐ 'marrow' and ܡܽܘܪܳܐ 'myrrh'. Both previously-considered candidates (ܡܰܘܗܰܒܬܳܐ v. ܝܗܒ, and ܡܽܘܟܳܟܳܐ v. ܡܟܟ) are superseded: high zoom, cross-checked letterform-by-letterform against the confirmed ḥet in the neighboring ܡܽܘܚܳܐ printed directly above, reads the 3-glyph TARGET (after 'v.') as ܚܘܐ (Ḥet–Waw–Alaph, ḥwā) — a genuine positive read, not a guess. The 6-glyph HEAD is not resolved: it ends in the same Alaph, contains at least one more Waw-loop and a Ḥet/Yod-like diagonal-dot stroke, consistent with a Mem-prefixed participial noun on the ḥwā/ḥwy root ('show, declare' — e.g. a pattern like m-ḥ-w-y-n-ʾ), but the ink is too crowded at that spot to certify a full letter sequence. Plausible root identified; exact head spelling still open.

source

primer nestle-1889-en
page 165
leaf n254