ܦܟܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܦ ܟ ܗ (p k h)
1 term

Etymology

Compare Classical Syriac ܦܟܝܗܐ (pakkīhā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paːxaː]

Adjective

ܦܵܟ݂ܵܐ • (pāḵā) (feminine ܦܵܟ݂ܬܵܐ (pāḵtā), plural ܦܵܟ݂ܹ̈ܐ (pāḵē))

1. (of food) bland, tasteless, without flavor

   Antonym: ܡܲܪ ܛܲܥܡܵܐ (mar ṭaˁmā)

2. (of a person or their speech or actions) meaningless, pointless, stupid

Noun

ܦܵܟ݂ܵܐ • (pāḵā) m (plural ܦܵܟ݂ܹ̈ܐ (pāḵē), feminine ܦܵܟ݂ܬܵܐ (pāḵtā))

1. person that says meaningless talk or performs meaningless actions

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܦܓܐ

Etymology

From the root ܦ-ܟ-ܟ (p-k-k) related to bruising. Compare Arabic فَكّ (fakk, “jaw”) and Hebrew פַּךְ (paḵ, “jar, jug”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pakkɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [pakke(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܦܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܟܐ)

1. slap, smack, blow, buffet
2. outstretched tooth, tusk
3. (anatomy) jaw; maxilla, jawbone; cheek, cheekbone
4. (figuratively) side of an altar

Inflection

    inflection of ܦܟܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܦܟ	ܦܟܝܢ
construct	ܦܟ	ܦܟܝ
emphatic	ܦܟܐ	ܦܟܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܦܟܝ	ܦܟܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܦܟܟ	ܦܟܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܦܟܟܝ	ܦܟܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܦܟܗ	ܦܟܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܦܟܗ	ܦܟܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܦܟܢ	ܦܟܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܦܟܟܘܢ	ܦܟܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܦܟܟܝܢ	ܦܟܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܦܟܗܘܢ	ܦܟܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܦܟܗܝܢ	ܦܟܝܗܝܢ

References

• “pk”, 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. 275a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 445a
• 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. 1190a