Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ܦ ܪ ܛ (p r ṭ)
1 term

The /č̣/ of this word developed from an original /ṭ/ as observed in many other words. Compare Classical Syriac ܦܲܪܛܘܼܛܵܐ (parṭūṭā, fragment, crumb).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [part͡ʃˤaː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [pˤarˤt͡ʃˤa]

Noun edit

ܦܲܪܟ̰ܵܐ (parčām (plural ܦܲܪ̈ܟ̰ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (parčāṯā))

  1. piece, part
    ܗܲܠ ܠܝܼ ܚܲܕ݇ ܦܲܪܟ̰ܵܐ ܕܠܲܚܡܵܐhal lī ḥa parčā dlaḥmāGive me a piece of bread.

Etymology 2 edit

 
ܦܪܟܐ

From French parc or English park.

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [par.kɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [par.t͡ʃɑː]

Noun edit

ܦܲܪܟܵܐ (parkām (plural ܦܲܪ̈ܟܹܐ (parkē))

  1. park (large public garden or area of land used for recreation)
    Synonym: ܓܲܢܬ݂ܵܐ (ganṯā)
Inflection edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Akkadian 𒁈 (parakku [BARA2]).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [p(ə.)ˈrak.kɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [p(ə.)ˈrak.ke] (plural)

Noun edit

ܦܪܟܐ (pərakkāf (plural ܦܪܟܐ)

  1. altar, shrine, small temple
  2. heretical conventicle
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܦ-ܪ-ܟ (p-r-k) related to grinding.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [p(ə.)ˈrɑ.xɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [p(ə.)ˈrɑ.xe] (plural)

Noun edit

ܦܪܟܐ (pərāḵām (plural ܦܪܟܐ)

  1. grinding, pounding, breakage
  2. fragility
Inflection edit

Etymology 3 edit

From the root ܦ-ܪ-ܟ (p-r-k) related to grinding.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɑ.r(ə.)xɑ], [parˈrɑ.xɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ˈpɑ.r(ə.)xɑ], [parˈrɑ.xe] (plural)

Adjective edit

ܦܪܟܐ (pārəḵā, parrāḵām (plural ܦܪܟܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܦܪܟܬܐ)

  1. wild, savage, cruel, hard
Inflection edit

Etymology 4 edit

From the root ܦ-ܪ-ܟ (p-r-k) related to grinding.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛr.kɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛr.ke] (plural)

Adjective edit

ܦܪܟܐ (perkām (plural ܦܪܟܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܦܪܟܬܐ)

  1. easily broken open or picked out of the shell (e.g., of almonds)
Inflection edit

References edit

  • prk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-01-03
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 288a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 461a
  • 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. 1241a