ܦܬܟܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎣𐎼 (patikāra). Compare Middle Persian 𐭯𐭲𐭪𐭫 (patkar), Persian پیکر (paykar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p(ə)θaxrɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [p(ə)θaxre] (in the plural)

Noun

ܦܬܟܪܐ • (pəṯaḵrā) m (plural ܦܬܟܪܐ (pəṯaḵrē), singular feminine counterpart ܦܬܟܪܬܐ)

1. idol, image

Inflection

    inflection of ܦܬܟܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܦܬܟܪ	ܦܬܟܪܝܢ
construct	ܦܬܟܪ	ܦܬܟܪܝ
emphatic	ܦܬܟܪܐ	ܦܬܟܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܦܬܟܪܝ	ܦܬܟܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܦܬܟܪܟ	ܦܬܟܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܦܬܟܪܟܝ	ܦܬܟܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܦܬܟܪܗ	ܦܬܟܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܦܬܟܪܗ	ܦܬܟܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܦܬܟܪܢ	ܦܬܟܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܦܬܟܪܟܘܢ	ܦܬܟܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܦܬܟܪܟܝܢ	ܦܬܟܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܦܬܟܪܗܘܢ	ܦܬܟܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܦܬܟܪܗܝܢ	ܦܬܟܪܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܦܬܟܪܘܢܐ
• ܦܬܟܪܘܬܐ
• ܦܬܟܪܝܐ
• ܒܝܬ ܦܬܟܪܐ
• ܘܥܕܝ ܦܬܟܪܐ

Descendants

• → Arabic: فِتَكْر (fitakr, “misfortune, formidable thing”)

References

• “ptkr”, 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 296a
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1875) Mandäische Grammatik‎^[1] (in German), Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, pages 26–27
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 471a
• 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 1268a