ܡܰܪܩܫܺܝܬܳܐ [†] mrqšytʾ marqšiṯā marcasite, pyrites, a kind of tin
Allotrope: ܡܲܩܫܝܼܬܵܐ mqšytʾ maqšiṯā
Cf. NP marqašīšā the marcasite-stone (Steingass 1218); NP mārqšīṣā marcasite (ibid. 1139); cf. Arm. margašišay or markhašišay (Hübschmann AG 193, no. 401), according to Hübschmann, a loanword from NP marqašīšā; but Mancini 1992, 29 n. 25, claims that it was Pers. that borrowed the word from Syr., through Arab. marqašīṯā, and not the contrary ● mrqšytʾ Kays 264, 21; Duv B 2, 3, 10; 4, 9; mqšytʾ EN 27, 98; BB 863, 22 ◆ LS 405b–406a, 400a