Classical Syriac edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܦ-ܚ-ܚ (p-ḥ-ḥ). Akin to Hebrew פַּח (paḥ); Arabic فَخّ (faḵḵ) is from Aramaic.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [paħħɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [paħħe] (plural)

Noun edit

ܦܚܐ (paḥḥām (plural ܦܚܐ)

  1. trap, snare, gin

Inflection edit

References edit

  • pḥ”, 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 272b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 441a
  • 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 1177b