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Classical Syriac
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From the earlier uncontracted form ܚܸܢܟܿܵܐ (ḥenkā), still preserved in the plural form ܚܸܢܟܼܹܐ (ḥenḵē). Compare Arabic حَنَك (ḥanak) and Hebrew חֵךְ (ḥēḵ).
- (uncontracted form) ܚܘܢܟܐ
- (uncontracted form) ܚܢܟܐ
Noun
ܚܸܟܿܵܐ • (ḥekkā) m (plural ܚܸܢܟܼܹܐ (ḥenḵē))
- (anatomy) palate; mouth, jaws; throat, larynx
- taste (sense)
- (pathology) laryngitis
Usage notes
Usually, this word behaves as a masculine noun in the singular and a feminine noun in the plural.
Inflection
Etymology 2
Noun
ܚܟܐ • (transliteration needed)
- absolute singular of ܚܟܬܐ
References
- “ḥnk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-26
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 110b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 141b, 149a
- 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. 472a