Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Root
ܦ ܣ ܩ (p s q)
1 term

Etymology edit

Compare Hebrew פָּסוּק (pasúk).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [paːsoːqaː]

Noun edit

ܦܵܣܘܿܩܵܐ (pāsōqām (plural ܦܵܣܘܿܩܹ̈ܐ (pāsōqē), feminine ܦܵܣܘܿܩܬܵܐ (pāsōqtā))

  1. cutter
  2. paragraph, verse, aphorism
  3. (grammar) declarative, enunciative sentence
  4. (typography) period, full stop
  5. an episode (of a TV programme)
    ܐܝܼܬ ܥܸܣܪܝܼܢ݇ ܘܐܸܫܬܵܐ ܦܵܣܘܿܩܹ̈ܐ ܒܐܸܩܡܵܐ ܬܠܝܼܬܵܝܵܐ.īt ˁisrī w-ištā pāsōqē b-iqmā tlītāyā.There are twenty-six episodes in the third season.

Declension edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܦ-ܣ-ܩ (p-s-q) related to cutting off. Compare Hebrew פָּסוּק (pāsûq).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [pɑsoqɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [pɑsoqe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܦܣܘܩܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܦܣܘܩܐ)

  1. cutting; cutter
  2. paragraph, verse, aphorism
  3. part, section, chapter
  4. (grammar) declarative, enunciative sentence
  5. (typography) period, full stop

Inflection edit

References edit

  • pswq”, 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. 281b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 451b
  • 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. 1208b