ܚܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħɛkkɑ(ʔ)]

Etymology 1

From the earlier uncontracted form ܚܸܢܟܿܵܐ (ḥenkā), still preserved in the plural form ܚܸܢܟܼܹܐ (ḥenḵē). Compare Arabic حَنَك (ḥanak) and Hebrew חֵךְ (ḥēḵ).

Alternative forms

• (uncontracted form) ܚܘܢܟܐ
• (uncontracted form) ܚܢܟܐ

Noun

ܚܸܟܿܵܐ • (ḥekkā) m (plural ܚܸܢܟܼܹܐ (ḥenḵē))

1. (anatomy) palate; mouth, jaws; throat, larynx
2. taste (sense)
3. (pathology) laryngitis

Usage notes

Usually, this word behaves as a masculine noun in the singular and a feminine noun in the plural.

Inflection

    declension of ܚܟܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܚܢܟ	ܚܢܟܝܢ
construct	ܚܢܟ	ܚܢܟܝ
emphatic	ܚܟܐ	ܚܢܟܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܚܟܝ	ܚܢܟܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܚܟܟ	ܚܢܟܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܚܟܟܝ	ܚܢܟܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܚܟܗ	ܚܢܟܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܚܟܗ	ܚܢܟܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܚܟܢ	ܚܢܟܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܚܟܟܘܢ	ܚܢܟܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܚܟܟܝܢ	ܚܢܟܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܚܟܗܘܢ	ܚܢܟܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܚܟܗܝܢ	ܚܢܟܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Noun

ܚܟܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. absolute singular of ܚܟܬܐ

References

• “ḥnk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-26
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 110b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 141b, 149a
• 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. 472a