ܦܘܠܚܢܐ
Classical Syriac
editEtymology
editFrom the root ܦ-ܠ-ܚ (p-l-ḥ) related to working. Compare Hebrew פֻּלְחָן (pulḥān).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editܦܘܠܚܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܘܠܚܢܐ)
- ploughing, tillage, husbandry, cultivation
- tilled fields
- (collectively) farmers
- service, labour, work, occupation, task
- fabrication
- day's work
- (collectively) servants
- exercise, practice
- (military) army
- apportionment
- worship, devotion
- service, rite
- parchment
- cloth, linen
Inflection
edit inflection of ܦܘܠܚܢܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܦܘܠܚܢ | ܦܘܠܚܢܝܢ |
| construct | ܦܘܠܚܢ | ܦܘܠܚܢܝ |
| emphatic | ܦܘܠܚܢܐ | ܦܘܠܚܢܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܦܘܠܚܢܝ | ܦܘܠܚܢܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܦܘܠܚܢܟ | ܦܘܠܚܢܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܦܘܠܚܢܟܝ | ܦܘܠܚܢܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܦܘܠܚܢܗ | ܦܘܠܚܢܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܦܘܠܚܢܗ | ܦܘܠܚܢܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܦܘܠܚܢܢ | ܦܘܠܚܢܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܦܘܠܚܢܟܘܢ | ܦܘܠܚܢܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܦܘܠܚܢܟܝܢ | ܦܘܠܚܢܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܦܘܠܚܢܗܘܢ | ܦܘܠܚܢܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܦܘܠܚܢܗܝܢ | ܦܘܠܚܢܝܗܝܢ |
References
edit- “pwlḥn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-11
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 277a-b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 437a-b
- 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, pp. 1163b-1164a