A Syriac Chrestomathy

sources for syriacists

R4 · nestle-1889-en/r4/g192-sha-recite

lemma

unvoc ܫܥܐ
voc ܫܰܥܺܝ
translit šaʿʿī
pos verb, Ethpa.
gloss_en gladden, recite
gloss_de durch Reden erfreuen, erzählen
root
payne_smith
frequency_rank
layer vocalized Serto

primer_note

⭐ The Syriac for history is a ܬ-preformative of a verb meaning 'to gladden by talking'. Nestle prints the two on one line and lets the etymology speak.

sub_lemmas

vocgloss_engloss_deraw
ܬܶܫܥܺܝܬܳܐf. historyGeschichteܬܶܫܥܺܝܬܳܐ f. Geschichte | history

source

primer nestle-1889-en
page 192
leaf n281