Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܒ-ܕ-ܚ (b-d-ḥ), related to cheerfulness.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [budˈdɑ.ħɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [budˈdɑ.ħe] (plural)

Noun

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ܒܘܕܚܐ (būddāḥām (plural ܒܘܕܚܐ)

  1. cheerfulness, pleasure, delight

Inflection

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References

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  • bwdḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-10-21
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 37a
  • 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, page 124b