ܦܠܐܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɛlle(ʔ)θɑ(ʔ)], [p(ə)le(ʔ)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [pɛlʔɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܠܐܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܦܠܐܬܐ)

1. comparison, simile, allegory
2. proverb, parable
3. symbol
4. illustration, image, type
5. riddle, enigma

Inflection

    declension of ܦܠܐܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܦܠܐܐ	ܦܠܐܢ
construct	ܦܠܐܬ	ܦܠܐܬ
emphatic	ܦܠܐܬܐ	ܦܠܐܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܦܠܐܬܝ	ܦܠܐܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܦܠܐܬܟ	ܦܠܐܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܦܠܐܬܟܝ	ܦܠܐܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܦܠܐܬܗ	ܦܠܐܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܦܠܐܬܗ	ܦܠܐܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܦܠܐܬܢ	ܦܠܐܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܦܠܐܬܟܘܢ	ܦܠܐܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܦܠܐܬܟܝܢ	ܦܠܐܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܦܠܐܬܗܘܢ	ܦܠܐܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܦܠܐܬܗܝܢ	ܦܠܐܬܗܝܢ

Proper noun

ܦܠܐܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f

1. (in the plural) Proverbs

References

• “plˀh”, 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. 275b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 446a
• 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. 1192b