ܦܘܪܬܥܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܦܘܪܛܥܢܐ

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *purḡūṯ- (“flea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [purtaʕnɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [purtaʕne)] (plural)

A flea

Noun

ܦܘܪܬܥܢܐ • (purtaʿnā) m (plural ܦܘܪܬܥܢܐ (purtaʿnē))

1. flea (insect)
2. a kind of flea beetle

Inflection

    inflection of ܦܘܪܬܥܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܦܘܪܬܥܢ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝܢ
construct	ܦܘܪܬܥܢ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝ
emphatic	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܐ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܟ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܟܝ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܗ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܗ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܢ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܟܘܢ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܟܝܢ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܗܘܢ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܗܝܢ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “pwrtˁn”, 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 272a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 440a
• 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 1174b