ܕܝܘܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (daiva-). Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (ŠDYA /⁠dēw⁠/) and Persian دیو (div).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dajwɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [dajwe] (in the plural)

Noun

ܕܝܘܐ • (daywā) m (plural ܕܝܘܐ (daywē))

1. demon, devil, evil spirit

Inflection

Inflection of ܕܝܘܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܕܝܘ		1st person	ܕܝܘܝ		ܕܝܘܢ
	construct	ܕܝܘ		2nd person	ܕܝܘܟ	ܕܝܘܟܝ	ܕܝܘܟܘܢ	ܕܝܘܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܝܘܐ		3rd person	ܕܝܘܗ	ܕܝܘܗ	ܕܝܘܗܘܢ	ܕܝܘܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܕܝܘܝܢ		1st person	ܕܝܘܝ		ܕܝܘܝܢ
	construct	ܕܝܘܝ		2nd person	ܕܝܘܝܟ	ܕܝܘܝܟܝ	ܕܝܘܝܟܘܢ	ܕܝܘܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܝܘܐ		3rd person	ܕܝܘܘܗܝ	ܕܝܘܝܗ	ܕܝܘܝܗܘܢ	ܕܝܘܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• ܫܐܕܐ (šēḏā)

Derived terms

• ܕܝܘܘܬܐ
• ܕܝܘܢ (daywān)
  • ܕܝܘܢܘܬܐ (daywānūṯā)

References

• “dywˀ”, 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, page 63a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) “page?89b”, in A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 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 293b