ܠܫܢܐ

From Aramaic לִשָּׁנָא‎ (liššānā), from Proto-Semitic *lišān-.

• (standard) IPA^(key): [lɪʃˈʃɑːnɑː]

ܠܸܫܵܢܵܐ • (liššānā) m (plural ܠܸܫܵܢܹ̈ܐ‎ (liššānē))

1. (anatomy) tongue

   ‏ܠܸܫܵܢܹܗ ܐܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ‎

   liššānēh arīḵā

   He talks back; He bickers

   (literally, “His tongue is long.”)

2. (linguistics) language

   ‏ܥܸܠܬܵܐ ܕܐܵܗܵܐ ܢܲܫܝܼܫܘܼܬܵܐ، ܝܼܠܵܗ̇ ܠܲܝܬܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ ܕܩܸܢܛܪ̈ܘܿܢܹܐ ܕܡܲܠܘܿܦܹܐ ܠܸܫܵܢܵܐ ܕܥܲܡܹܗ.‎‎

   ˁiltā d-āhā našīšūtā, īlāh laytāyūtā dqinṭrōnē dmalōpē liššānā dˁammēh.

   The reason for this weakness, is the non-existence of centres for teaching the language of his people.

   • Acts 2:6:

     ‏ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܫܡܝܼܥ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܠܗ̇ܘ ܩܵܠܵܐ، ܓ̰ܡܝܼܥ ܠܹܗ ܟܠܹܗ ܟܸܢܫܵܐ ܘܫܓ݂ܝܼܫ ܠܹܗ ܣܵܒܵܒ ܟܠ ܚܲܕ݇ ܡܸܢܵܝܗܝ ܫܡܝܼܥ ܠܹܗ ܐܸܠܵܝܗܝ ܗܲܡܙܘܼܡܹܐ ܒܠܸܫܵܢܵܐ ܕܓܵܢܹܗ‎

     īman dšmīˁ lhōn l-awa qālā, jmīˁ lēh kullēh kinšā w-šḡīš lēh sābāb kul ḥa minnāyh šmīˁ lēh illāyh hamzūmē bliššānā dgānēh

     Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in the language of his own.

• ܒܠܸܫܵܢܵܐ‎ (bliššānā, “through peaceful talk”)

From Proto-Semitic *lišān-.

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [lɛʃˈʃɑ.nɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [lɪʃˈʃɑ.nɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [leˈʃo.no]

ܠܫܢܐ • (leššānā) m (plural ܠܫܢܐ‎ (leššānē))

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. (phonetics) pronunciation, articulation
3. (linguistics) language, speech
   • Peshitta, Acts 2:6:

     ‏ܘܟܕ ܗܘܐ ܩܠܐ ܗܘ. ܟܢܫ ܟܠܗ ܥܡܐ ܘܐܫܬܓܫ. ܡܛܠ ܕܫܡܥ ܗܘܐ ܐܢܫ ܐܢܫ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܕܡܡܠܠܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܒܠܫ̈ܢܝܗܘܢ.‎‎

     wə-ḵaḏ həwā qālā haw, kənaš kollēh ʿammā wə-ʾeštəḡeš, meṭṭol də-šāmaʿ [hə]wā [ʾ]nāš [ʾ]nāš menhōn da-məmalləlīn [hə]waw bə-leššānayhōn.

     Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

4. nation, people
5. judgement
6. (figuratively, geography) narrow stretch of land or water; isthmus, channel
7. tongue-shaped ornament; wedge

• “lšn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-04
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 174b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 245a-b
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