ܘܥܕܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܘ-ܥ-ܕ (w-ʿ-d) related to appointing. Compare Arabic وَعْد (waʕd) and Hebrew וַעַד (waʿaḏ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [waʕdɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [waʕde(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܘܥܕܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܘܥܕܐ)

1. appointed time, appointment
2. appointed sign, signal, mark
3. appointed place, rendezvous
4. promise, pledge, agreement
5. space, boundary, approach
6. refuge, asylum
7. limited space
8. promise, pledge, agreement, pact
9. charge, commission
10. expiry, death, end

Inflection

    inflection of ܘܥܕܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܘܥܕ	ܘܥܕܝܢ
construct	ܘܥܕ	ܘܥܕܝ
emphatic	ܘܥܕܐ	ܘܥܕܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܘܥܕܝ	ܘܥܕܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܘܥܕܟ	ܘܥܕܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܘܥܕܟܝ	ܘܥܕܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܘܥܕܗ	ܘܥܕܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܘܥܕܗ	ܘܥܕܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܘܥܕܢ	ܘܥܕܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܘܥܕܟܘܢ	ܘܥܕܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܘܥܕܟܝܢ	ܘܥܕܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܘܥܕܗܘܢ	ܘܥܕܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܘܥܕܗܝܢ	ܘܥܕܝܗܝܢ

References

• “wˁd”, 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, p. 82a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 108b
• 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, p. 359a-b