ܒܘܕܚܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܒܘܕܚܐ • (būddāḥā) m (plural ܒܘܕܚܐ)

1. cheerfulness, pleasure, delight

Inflection

    inflection of ܒܘܕܚܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܒܘܕܚ	ܒܘܕܚܝܢ
construct	ܒܘܕܚ	ܒܘܕܚܝ
emphatic	ܒܘܕܚܐ	ܒܘܕܚܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܒܘܕܚܝ	ܒܘܕܚܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܒܘܕܚܟ	ܒܘܕܚܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܒܘܕܚܟܝ	ܒܘܕܚܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܒܘܕܚܗ	ܒܘܕܚܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܒܘܕܚܗ	ܒܘܕܚܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܒܘܕܚܢ	ܒܘܕܚܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܒܘܕܚܟܘܢ	ܒܘܕܚܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܒܘܕܚܟܝܢ	ܒܘܕܚܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܒܘܕܚܗܘܢ	ܒܘܕܚܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܒܘܕܚܗܝܢ	ܒܘܕܚܝܗܝܢ

References

• “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