ܬܕܐ
Classical Syriac
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Semitic *ṯdʾ (“breast, pap, teat”); compare Arabic ثَدْي (ṯady), Hebrew שָׁד (šāḏ).
Alternative forms
edit- (rare) ܬܕܐܐ (tdʾʾ)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [t(ə.)ˈðɑ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈtðɑ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈtðo]
Noun
editܬܕܐ • (təḏā) m (plural ܬܕܝܐ (təḏayyā))
Usage notes
editThis word is masculine, despite the tendency in Semitic languages for body parts that come in pairs to be feminine.
Inflection
edit declension of ܬܕܐ
state | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
absolute | ܬܕ | ܬܕܝܢ |
construct | ܬܕ | ܬܕܝ |
emphatic | ܬܕܐ | ܬܕܝܐ |
possessive forms | ||
1st c. sg. (my) | ܬܕܝ | ܬܕܝ |
2nd m. sg. (your) | ܬܕܟ | ܬܕܝܟ |
2nd f. sg. (your) | ܬܕܟܝ | ܬܕܝܟܝ |
3rd m. sg. (his) | ܬܕܗ | ܬܕܘܗܝ |
3rd f. sg. (her) | ܬܕܗ | ܬܕܝܗ |
1st c. pl. (our) | ܬܕܢ | ܬܕܝܢ |
2nd m. pl. (your) | ܬܕܟܘܢ | ܬܕܝܟܘܢ |
2nd f. pl. (your) | ܬܕܟܝܢ | ܬܕܝܟܝܢ |
3rd m. pl. (their) | ܬܕܗܘܢ | ܬܕܝܗܘܢ |
3rd f. pl. (their) | ܬܕܗܝܢ | ܬܕܝܗܝܢ |
Derived terms
edit- ܚܠܡܬܐ ܕܬܕܐ (ḥəlaməṯā ḏa-ṯəḏā)
Etymology 2
editNoun
editܬܕܐ • (tdʾ) m (plural ܬܕܐ (tdʾ))
- Alternative spelling of ܬܕܐܐ
Inflection
edit inflection of ܬܕܐ
state | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
absolute | ܬܕ | ܬܕܝܢ |
construct | ܬܕ | ܬܕܝ |
emphatic | ܬܕܐ | ܬܕܐ |
possessive forms | ||
1st c. sg. (my) | ܬܕܝ | ܬܕܝ |
2nd m. sg. (your) | ܬܕܟ | ܬܕܝܟ |
2nd f. sg. (your) | ܬܕܟܝ | ܬܕܝܟܝ |
3rd m. sg. (his) | ܬܕܗ | ܬܕܘܗܝ |
3rd f. sg. (her) | ܬܕܗ | ܬܕܝܗ |
1st c. pl. (our) | ܬܕܢ | ܬܕܝܢ |
2nd m. pl. (your) | ܬܕܟܘܢ | ܬܕܝܟܘܢ |
2nd f. pl. (your) | ܬܕܟܝܢ | ܬܕܝܟܝܢ |
3rd m. pl. (their) | ܬܕܗܘܢ | ܬܕܝܗܘܢ |
3rd f. pl. (their) | ܬܕܗܝܢ | ܬܕܝܗܝܢ |
References
edit- “td”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-08-28
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 387b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 605a
- 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 1624a