ܝܕܥܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܝܕܥܬܐ

Etymology

From the root ܝ-ܕ-ܥ (y-d-ʿ) related to knowing. Compare Hebrew דַּעַת (daʿaṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [j(ə)ðaʕtɑ(ʔ)], [ʔiðaʕtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [jaðʕɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܝܕܥܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܝܕܥܬܐ)

1. knowledge, information
2. doctrine, science
3. mind, sense, intelligence, understanding, perception, apprehension
4. sign, note, notice, indication

Inflection

    declension of ܝܕܥܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܝܕܥܐ	ܝܕܥܢ
construct	ܝܕܥܬ	ܝܕܥܬ
emphatic	ܝܕܥܬܐ	ܝܕܥܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܝܕܥܬܝ	ܝܕܥܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܝܕܥܬܟ	ܝܕܥܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܝܕܥܬܟܝ	ܝܕܥܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܝܕܥܬܗ	ܝܕܥܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܝܕܥܬܗ	ܝܕܥܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܝܕܥܬܢ	ܝܕܥܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܝܕܥܬܟܘܢ	ܝܕܥܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܝܕܥܬܟܝܢ	ܝܕܥܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܝܕܥܬܗܘܢ	ܝܕܥܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܝܕܥܬܗܝܢ	ܝܕܥܬܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• ܥܝܢܐ

References

• “ydˁh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 137b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 188a
• 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. 564b