More on cat-words in Syriac here:
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From Bar Bahlul (ed. Duval), cols. 1760-1761, some cat-words in Syriac 🐈 🐈⬛
ܩܛܘ
/qaṭṭu/ cat, big cat
ܩܛܘܢܬܐ ܘܩܛܘܣܬܐ
/qaṭṭontå/ or /qaṭṭostå/ (small) cat, kitten
ܫܘܢܪܐ
/šunnårå/ cat
ܩܛܘ
/qaṭṭu/ cat, big cat
ܩܛܘܢܬܐ ܘܩܛܘܣܬܐ
/qaṭṭontå/ or /qaṭṭostå/ (small) cat, kitten
ܫܘܢܪܐ
/šunnårå/ cat
November 2, 2026 at 3:39 PM
More on cat-words in Syriac here:
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Achilles (ܐܟܠܘܣ) with a lyre on the right and Patroclus (ܦܛܪܩܠܣ) on the left, scene from book 9 of the Iliad
Mosaic with Syriac Aramaic inscriptions from Edessa, kingdom of Osroene, 3rd century CE
Mosaic with Syriac Aramaic inscriptions from Edessa, kingdom of Osroene, 3rd century CE
November 2, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Achilles (ܐܟܠܘܣ) with a lyre on the right and Patroclus (ܦܛܪܩܠܣ) on the left, scene from book 9 of the Iliad
Mosaic with Syriac Aramaic inscriptions from Edessa, kingdom of Osroene, 3rd century CE
Mosaic with Syriac Aramaic inscriptions from Edessa, kingdom of Osroene, 3rd century CE
It's Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, (Sureth / Classical Syriac script).
November 2, 2026 at 8:14 AM
It's Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, (Sureth / Classical Syriac script).
My Syriac prof just casually mentioned his autism in class. I feel like I’m in a safe & comfortable space here 😊
October 30, 2026 at 8:43 PM
My Syriac prof just casually mentioned his autism in class. I feel like I’m in a safe & comfortable space here 😊
"ܒܨܦܪܐ ܛܒܐ"
dear people of the internet. Today, I say "good morning" in Syriac:
"Syriac (ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ leššānā Suryāyā), an eastern dialect of Aramaic spoken by Christians in the lands in between the Roman and Parthian empires between the 1st and 12th centuries. ... 1/3
dear people of the internet. Today, I say "good morning" in Syriac:
"Syriac (ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ leššānā Suryāyā), an eastern dialect of Aramaic spoken by Christians in the lands in between the Roman and Parthian empires between the 1st and 12th centuries. ... 1/3
Syriac language and alphabet
The Syriac alphabet is used to Classical Syriac and Neo-Aramic languages.
www.omniglot.com
November 1, 2026 at 9:41 AM
"ܒܨܦܪܐ ܛܒܐ"
dear people of the internet. Today, I say "good morning" in Syriac:
"Syriac (ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ leššānā Suryāyā), an eastern dialect of Aramaic spoken by Christians in the lands in between the Roman and Parthian empires between the 1st and 12th centuries. ... 1/3
dear people of the internet. Today, I say "good morning" in Syriac:
"Syriac (ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ leššānā Suryāyā), an eastern dialect of Aramaic spoken by Christians in the lands in between the Roman and Parthian empires between the 1st and 12th centuries. ... 1/3
...Syriac is still used used nowadays as ritual and literary language by speakers of Neo-Aramaic in Syria. It is also used for sermons in Syrian churches in the southern Indian state of Kerala....2/3
Syriac language and alphabet
The Syriac alphabet is used to Classical Syriac and Neo-Aramic languages.
www.omniglot.com
November 1, 2026 at 9:41 AM
...Syriac is still used used nowadays as ritual and literary language by speakers of Neo-Aramaic in Syria. It is also used for sermons in Syrian churches in the southern Indian state of Kerala....2/3
qaṭṭostå is interesting: cf. Tunisian qaṭṭūsa, Maltese qattus(a), Siwi yəṭṭus... Is it actually attested in Syriac texts outside Bar Bahlul, though?
November 4, 2026 at 2:10 PM
qaṭṭostå is interesting: cf. Tunisian qaṭṭūsa, Maltese qattus(a), Siwi yəṭṭus... Is it actually attested in Syriac texts outside Bar Bahlul, though?
...Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, a member of the Aramaic branch of the Semitic language family spoken in parts of Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria..."
www.omniglot.com/writing/syri... 3/3
www.omniglot.com/writing/syri... 3/3
Syriac language and alphabet
The Syriac alphabet is used to Classical Syriac and Neo-Aramic languages.
www.omniglot.com
November 1, 2026 at 9:41 AM
...Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, a member of the Aramaic branch of the Semitic language family spoken in parts of Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria..."
www.omniglot.com/writing/syri... 3/3
www.omniglot.com/writing/syri... 3/3
The 10 Churches of Israel is always a fun read
"What do you mean theres no Protestants except kind of the Anglicans and even then its the Episcopal Church of Jerusalem? And only recognized in 1970?!"
Having a Ministry of Religion and ancient history at one's doorstep leads to interesting outcomes!
"What do you mean theres no Protestants except kind of the Anglicans and even then its the Episcopal Church of Jerusalem? And only recognized in 1970?!"
Having a Ministry of Religion and ancient history at one's doorstep leads to interesting outcomes!
November 2, 2026 at 8:11 PM
The 10 Churches of Israel is always a fun read
"What do you mean theres no Protestants except kind of the Anglicans and even then its the Episcopal Church of Jerusalem? And only recognized in 1970?!"
Having a Ministry of Religion and ancient history at one's doorstep leads to interesting outcomes!
"What do you mean theres no Protestants except kind of the Anglicans and even then its the Episcopal Church of Jerusalem? And only recognized in 1970?!"
Having a Ministry of Religion and ancient history at one's doorstep leads to interesting outcomes!
How dare they not display ancient Syriac and Latin manuscripts in poor condition and that 90 percent of ppl can’t read to the public…
October 31, 2026 at 1:48 PM
How dare they not display ancient Syriac and Latin manuscripts in poor condition and that 90 percent of ppl can’t read to the public…
If you're interested in rotting scribal hands and other colophon formulas in Syriac and Arabic, here's an article from 2015 with several examples ✍️🪦⛵
October 28, 2026 at 4:05 PM
If you're interested in rotting scribal hands and other colophon formulas in Syriac and Arabic, here's an article from 2015 with several examples ✍️🪦⛵
What do you think the market is like for ancient Syriac manuscripts that there's a significant market for other museums to buy them in order to not put them on display?
October 31, 2026 at 1:56 PM
What do you think the market is like for ancient Syriac manuscripts that there's a significant market for other museums to buy them in order to not put them on display?
Bar Bahlul (col. 1249) cites Ḥunayn for /nålå/, with both /kåbošå/ & /kābūs/. Elsewhere (col. 652, s.v. <hpyʔlṭws> i.e. ἐφιάλτης) he gives a variant of /nålå/ used in Tirhan with initial y-, /yålå/.
October 29, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Bar Bahlul (col. 1249) cites Ḥunayn for /nålå/, with both /kåbošå/ & /kābūs/. Elsewhere (col. 652, s.v. <hpyʔlṭws> i.e. ἐφιάλτης) he gives a variant of /nålå/ used in Tirhan with initial y-, /yålå/.
Damn, I want a Syriac class with a cool professor.
October 31, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Damn, I want a Syriac class with a cool professor.
Today at our Winter School on HTR of Historical Sources, we're working with eScriptorium, an open-source platform for transcribing historical documents!
Many thanks to @inriaparisnlp.bsky.social for letting us use their instance and supporting our school! 🙏
#DigitalHumanities #HTR #eScriptorium
Many thanks to @inriaparisnlp.bsky.social for letting us use their instance and supporting our school! 🙏
#DigitalHumanities #HTR #eScriptorium
October 30, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Today at our Winter School on HTR of Historical Sources, we're working with eScriptorium, an open-source platform for transcribing historical documents!
Many thanks to @inriaparisnlp.bsky.social for letting us use their instance and supporting our school! 🙏
#DigitalHumanities #HTR #eScriptorium
Many thanks to @inriaparisnlp.bsky.social for letting us use their instance and supporting our school! 🙏
#DigitalHumanities #HTR #eScriptorium
They don’t want to learn Latin or Greek or Old Church Slavonic or Syriac, etc.
October 28, 2026 at 8:35 PM
They don’t want to learn Latin or Greek or Old Church Slavonic or Syriac, etc.
📙 Review: Fountain of Living Water: Poetry, prayers, and hymns of the mystics of the Early Church of the East, edited and translated by Robert Ewan — Here is a rich tradition of the Eastern Church, says John Binns #ChurchTimes #BookReviews
Book review: Fountain of Living Water: Poetry, prayers, and hymns of the mystics of the Early Church of the East, edited and translated by Robert Ewan
THIS is an invitation to explore the Syriac tradition of Christianity. The Syriac communities form one of the three historic traditions of the Church, of which the others are the Greek and the Latin. The Syriac language is a branch of Aramaic, the...
www.churchtimes.co.uk
November 3, 2026 at 6:19 PM
📙 Review: Fountain of Living Water: Poetry, prayers, and hymns of the mystics of the Early Church of the East, edited and translated by Robert Ewan — Here is a rich tradition of the Eastern Church, says John Binns #ChurchTimes #BookReviews
Syriac is an Aramaic dialect, so this is pretty close :)
October 30, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Syriac is an Aramaic dialect, so this is pretty close :)
This is hard but true medicine for those of us who likd Byzantine and Syriac Christian patrimony of Mar ephrem and John Chrysostom anf andrew of Crete etc
November 2, 2026 at 7:59 PM
This is hard but true medicine for those of us who likd Byzantine and Syriac Christian patrimony of Mar ephrem and John Chrysostom anf andrew of Crete etc
You can all bookmark this thread for Halloween costume ideas for next year.
First, the elder kid’s through the years:
2026 Jessie Payne Margoliouth (nee Smith), the Syriac lexicographer
2025 Marie Curie
2024 Claudia Card
2023 St. Macrina
2022 Hipparchia of Maroneia
2021 Judith Butler
First, the elder kid’s through the years:
2026 Jessie Payne Margoliouth (nee Smith), the Syriac lexicographer
2025 Marie Curie
2024 Claudia Card
2023 St. Macrina
2022 Hipparchia of Maroneia
2021 Judith Butler
November 2, 2026 at 12:34 AM
You can all bookmark this thread for Halloween costume ideas for next year.
First, the elder kid’s through the years:
2026 Jessie Payne Margoliouth (nee Smith), the Syriac lexicographer
2025 Marie Curie
2024 Claudia Card
2023 St. Macrina
2022 Hipparchia of Maroneia
2021 Judith Butler
First, the elder kid’s through the years:
2026 Jessie Payne Margoliouth (nee Smith), the Syriac lexicographer
2025 Marie Curie
2024 Claudia Card
2023 St. Macrina
2022 Hipparchia of Maroneia
2021 Judith Butler
Also Jonah went to the Nineveh planes. It’s where the Syriac Christian pre lent fast of bautha comes from
October 31, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Also Jonah went to the Nineveh planes. It’s where the Syriac Christian pre lent fast of bautha comes from
Not necessarily.
It could be a Syriac church. (Could be. Key word)
Christianity in India predates European colonization by many centuries.
It was first brought over by Aramaic speaking Christians who arrived in Kerala. Possibly even St Thomas himself.
No im not joking.
Look it up.
It could be a Syriac church. (Could be. Key word)
Christianity in India predates European colonization by many centuries.
It was first brought over by Aramaic speaking Christians who arrived in Kerala. Possibly even St Thomas himself.
No im not joking.
Look it up.
Christianity in Kerala - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 3, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Not necessarily.
It could be a Syriac church. (Could be. Key word)
Christianity in India predates European colonization by many centuries.
It was first brought over by Aramaic speaking Christians who arrived in Kerala. Possibly even St Thomas himself.
No im not joking.
Look it up.
It could be a Syriac church. (Could be. Key word)
Christianity in India predates European colonization by many centuries.
It was first brought over by Aramaic speaking Christians who arrived in Kerala. Possibly even St Thomas himself.
No im not joking.
Look it up.
🧟 spooky lexicography 👻
"Incubus, nightmare" in Syriac is ܢܠܐ /nålå/ or ܟܒܘܫܐ /kåbošå/ (≈ Arb كابوس /kābūs/), w/ Syr ܟܒܫ /kḇaš/ ≈ Arb كبس /kabasa/ "press". Syr /nålå/ (& sim. in JBA & Mnd) is presumably rel. to Akk /nâlu/ "lie down", cf. also Syr/JBA/Mand /nawwel/ "torment" (AIOA 75).
"Incubus, nightmare" in Syriac is ܢܠܐ /nålå/ or ܟܒܘܫܐ /kåbošå/ (≈ Arb كابوس /kābūs/), w/ Syr ܟܒܫ /kḇaš/ ≈ Arb كبس /kabasa/ "press". Syr /nålå/ (& sim. in JBA & Mnd) is presumably rel. to Akk /nâlu/ "lie down", cf. also Syr/JBA/Mand /nawwel/ "torment" (AIOA 75).
October 29, 2026 at 10:18 PM
🧟 spooky lexicography 👻
"Incubus, nightmare" in Syriac is ܢܠܐ /nålå/ or ܟܒܘܫܐ /kåbošå/ (≈ Arb كابوس /kābūs/), w/ Syr ܟܒܫ /kḇaš/ ≈ Arb كبس /kabasa/ "press". Syr /nålå/ (& sim. in JBA & Mnd) is presumably rel. to Akk /nâlu/ "lie down", cf. also Syr/JBA/Mand /nawwel/ "torment" (AIOA 75).
"Incubus, nightmare" in Syriac is ܢܠܐ /nålå/ or ܟܒܘܫܐ /kåbošå/ (≈ Arb كابوس /kābūs/), w/ Syr ܟܒܫ /kḇaš/ ≈ Arb كبس /kabasa/ "press". Syr /nålå/ (& sim. in JBA & Mnd) is presumably rel. to Akk /nâlu/ "lie down", cf. also Syr/JBA/Mand /nawwel/ "torment" (AIOA 75).
It’s something most people outside of India seem to miss.
Not me, (not gloating) since I have a bizarre habit of looking into these things.
But yeah the Syriac church was well established in India long before European colonization happened there.
Not me, (not gloating) since I have a bizarre habit of looking into these things.
But yeah the Syriac church was well established in India long before European colonization happened there.
November 3, 2026 at 11:09 PM
It’s something most people outside of India seem to miss.
Not me, (not gloating) since I have a bizarre habit of looking into these things.
But yeah the Syriac church was well established in India long before European colonization happened there.
Not me, (not gloating) since I have a bizarre habit of looking into these things.
But yeah the Syriac church was well established in India long before European colonization happened there.
JBA /zərådå/ (DJBA 420b) and Syriac /zardå/ (> Arb زرد) are Iranian loanwords. Cf. MP /zrēh/, NP زره "mail, armor" (≠ MP /zrēh/ "sea, lake"). More at Ciancaglini, /Iranian LWs in Syriac/, 177!
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זַרְדָּא
m. (זרד) coat of mail, armour (v. P. Sm. 1154, sq. s. vv. זרגא, זרגנא, זרדא). Sabb. 62 a, expl. שריון.
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זַרְדָּא
m. (זרד) coat of mail, armour (v. P. Sm. 1154, sq. s. vv. זרגא, זרגנא, זרדא). Sabb. 62 a, expl. שריון.
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October 27, 2026 at 7:28 PM
JBA /zərådå/ (DJBA 420b) and Syriac /zardå/ (> Arb زرد) are Iranian loanwords. Cf. MP /zrēh/, NP زره "mail, armor" (≠ MP /zrēh/ "sea, lake"). More at Ciancaglini, /Iranian LWs in Syriac/, 177!