Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (dʾt' /⁠dāt, dād⁠/, law, justice), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎫𐎶 (d-a-t-m /⁠dātam⁠/).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [dɑθɑ], [dattɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [dɑθe], [datte] (plural)

Noun

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ܕܬܐ (dāṯā, dattāf (plural ܕܬܐ)

  1. judgement, edict, law
    Synonym: ܕܝܢܐ

Inflection

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Inflection of ܕܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܕܬ 1st person ܕܬܝ ܕܬܢ
construct ܕܬ 2nd person ܕܬܟ ܕܬܟܝ ܕܬܟܘܢ ܕܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܕܬܐ 3rd person ܕܬܗ ܕܬܗ ܕܬܗܘܢ ܕܬܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܕܬܝܢ 1st person ܕܬܝ ܕܬܝܢ
construct ܕܬܝ 2nd person ܕܬܝܟ ܕܬܝܟܝ ܕܬܝܟܘܢ ܕܬܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܕܬܐ 3rd person ܕܬܘܗܝ ܕܬܝܗ ܕܬܝܗܘܢ ܕܬܝܗܝܢ

References

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  • dt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-08-31
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 71b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 98b
  • 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, →ISBN, page 326b