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šty vb. to drink
GCGt
Gpəˁalto drink3 senses▶
1
to drink
Common Aramaic
TAD A4.1R.6↗ ٠٠٠٠ ]אל תשתו וכל מנדעם זי חמיר אל[ תאכלו‏ : ... do not drink and do not [eat] anything leavened ; Dan 5:4↗ אִשְׁתִּיו חַמְרָא‏ : they drank the wine ; OS MkSin14:23↗ ܘܢܣܒ ܟܣܐ ܘܒܪܟ ܘܝܗܒ ܠܗܘܢ ܘܫܬܝܘ ܡܢܗ‏ ; EphPar 7:3.6↗ ܫܩܝܐ ܫܡܝܢܐ | ܡܚܟܡ ܠܫܬ̈ܝܘܗܝ‏ : heavenly drink makes those who drink it wise ; P Je2:18↗ ܠܡܫܬܐ ܡ̈ܝܐ‏ ; BT Git 69b(7)↗ נישתי מן מיא דנישתיה מיניה כלב׳ בליליא‏ : let him drink from water from which a dog drank at night
(1)
to feast
Syr
1Esdras(3 Ezra) 4:63↗ ܘܫܬܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܥܡ ܡܘܣܝ̈ܩܐ ܘܚܕܘܬܐ ܝܘ̈ܡܬܐ ܫܒܥܐ‏ : they feasted with music and joyfulness for seven days
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fig. : to suffer
Syr
Didasc 79:16 text not cited
2
to be irrigated, absorb water
Gal, Syr, JBA, JBAg, Man
PTMQ 80.a:56[2]↗ אילין דאכחשין ^י^שתיין אילין דלא אכחשין לא ישתיין‏ : those (plants) that have withered should be watered; those that have not withered should not be watered ; AGnEx 68.7↗ ܟܘܠܗ݀ ܐܪܥܐ ܕܣܕܘܡ ܕܫܬܝܐ ܗܘܬ ܡ݂ܢ ܝܘܪܕܢܢ‏ : the entire land of Sodom that was being irrigated by the Jordan ; BT MQ 4a(36)↗ כיון דקא משכא ואתיא מימר אמ׳ אי לא שתיא לחד יומא תשתי לתרי תלתה יומי‏ : since it flows continuously he surely would say that if it does not have enough irrigation in one day it will be irrigated in two or three days ; GY 26:1↗ šitlia bišia ḏmia šatin upiria lmaraihun liahbia : bad plantings that absorb water but do not provide fruit to their owner
3
to smoke tobacco
Syr
Sing 84:16 ܢܫܬܐ ܡܢ ܗ݀ܘ ܬܬܘܢ‏ : let him smoke some of that tobacco
Cˀafˁelto give to drink2 senses▶
1
to give to drink
Syr
TwoThieves 30↗ ܘܗܵܐ ܐܲܫܬܝܸܗ ܠܟܵܣܸܗ ܕܡܲܘܬܵܐ‏ : now he has given him the cup of death to drink
2
to drink freely (? see note)
CPA
LN:41a↗ ܘܡܫܬܢ ܟܘܠܗ݀ ܩܗܠܐ ܡܢ ܡܝܐ ܡܩܕܫܐ‏
Gtˀeṯpəˁel(of drink) to be drunk2 senses▶
1
(of drink) to be drunk
JLAtg, Syr, JBA
TgO Lev11:34↗ כָל מַשקִיָא דְיִשתְתֵי‏ : † ; EphFid 10:8.2↗ ܒܠܚܡܟ ܟܣܝܐ ܒܗ ܪܘܚܐ ܕܠܐ ܡܬܐܟܠܐ ܒܚܡܪܟ ܫܪܝܐ ܒܗ ܢܘܪܐ ܕܠܐ ܡܫܬܬܝܐ‏ : in Your bread is hidden an uneatable spirit; in Your wine resides an undrinkable fire ; P Lv11:34↗ ܟܠ ܡܫܬܝܐ ܕܡܫܬܬܐ‏ : every drink that is drunk ; BT Šab 109a(21)↗ כיון דמשתתי הכי לאו מידי קא עביד‏ : since (the wine) is drunk in this manner, he is not doing anything ; BT AZ 51a(24)↗ text not cited
2
(of desire) to be given drink (or Dt?)
Syr
Sahd 228:3 ܟܡܗ ܕܡܫܬܬܝܐ܃ ܝܬܝܪ ܡܬܠܗܩܐ‏ : the more it has been allowed to drink the more thirsty it becomes
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Perfect originally (i.e. after the loss of original short /a/ vowel) with preformative aleph: ˀeštī; in Syr. also (but more rarely) reformulated as ܫܬܵܐ‏.
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The figurative usage "to be irrigated" may well be due to Akkadian; see CAD Š/2 p. 215.
Given that what looks like a C form in CPA is found only in the late LN text and only as a participle, it is probably only an unusual late G form much as the G of the phonologically similar root škḥ becomes confused with C, although in that case it is a early and common Aramaic development.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1614[811]DJBA: 1184bJastrow: 1637Drower/Macuch: 476b, 446bPayne-Smith: 4349J. Payne-Smith: 600Levy Ch-W: 2:521Tal Sam: 936DNWSI: 1198DCPA[Schulthess]: 446[216]Qumran: 244

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