ܠܘܬ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Contracted from the construct state of the unused noun *ܠܘܬܐ (ləwāṯā, being with, association).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [l(ə.)wɑθ]

Preposition

ܠܘܬ (ləwāṯ)

  1. at, near, with, chez
  2. against, in front of
  3. to, towards, for
  4. regarding
  5. following, according to

Inflection

Takes type-I suffixes.

References

  • lwt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-01-21
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 170b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 238b-239a
  • 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. 682a
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