ܦܘܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *pay-. Compare Akkadian 𒅗 (pû [KA]), Amharic አፍ (ʾäf), Arabic فَم (fam), Hebrew פֶּה (pê), and Ugaritic 𐎔 (p).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [pumɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA: [pume(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܘܡܐ m (emphatic plural ܦܘܡܐ)

1. (anatomy) mouth
2. (animal anatomy) beak
3. mouthful
4. entrance, opening, orifice
5. command, order, decree
6. surface, peel
7. riverbank
8. blade, edge of a sword

Inflection

    declension of ܦܘܡܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܦܘܡ	ܦܘܡܝܢ
construct	ܦܘܡ	ܦܘܡܝ
emphatic	ܦܘܡܐ	ܦܘܡܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܦܘܡܝ	ܦܘܡܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܦܘܡܟ	ܦܘܡܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܦܘܡܟܝ	ܦܘܡܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܦܘܡܗ	ܦܘܡܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܦܘܡܗ	ܦܘܡܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܦܘܡܢ	ܦܘܡܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܦܘܡܟܘܢ	ܦܘܡܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܦܘܡܟܝܢ	ܦܘܡܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܦܘܡܗܘܢ	ܦܘܡܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܦܘܡܗܝܢ	ܦܘܡܝܗܝܢ

References

• "pwm" in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
• Louis Costaz, Syriac-English Dictionary, 1963, p. 271a
• Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902, p. 437b
• Michael Sokoloff, A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, 2009, p. 1165a-b