ܦܟܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܦ ܟ ܗ (p k h)
1 term

Etymology

Compare Classical Syriac ܦܟܝܗܐ (pakkīhā).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ܦܵܟ݂ܵܐ • (pāḵā) (feminine ܦܵܟ݂ܬܵܐ (pāḵtā), plural ܦܵܟ݂ܹ̈ܐ (pāḵē))

  1. (of food) bland, tasteless, without flavor
    Antonym: ܡܲܪ ܛܲܥܡܵܐ (mar ṭaˁmā)
  2. (of a person or their speech or actions) meaningless, pointless, stupid

Noun

ܦܵܟ݂ܵܐ • (pāḵā) m (plural ܦܵܟ݂ܹ̈ܐ (pāḵē), feminine ܦܵܟ݂ܬܵܐ (pāḵtā))

  1. person that says meaningless talk or performs meaningless actions

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

Root
ܦ ܟ ܟ
1 term

Compare Arabic فَكّ (fakk, “jaw”) and Hebrew פַּךְ (paḵ, “jar, jug”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܦܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܟܐ)

  1. slap, smack, blow, buffet
  2. outstretched tooth, tusk
  3. (anatomy) jaw; maxilla, jawbone; cheek, cheekbone
  4. (figuratively) side of an altar

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܟܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܦܟ 1st person ܦܟܝ ܦܟܢ
construct ܦܟ 2nd person ܦܟܟ ܦܟܟܝ ܦܟܟܘܢ ܦܟܟܝܢ
emphatic ܦܟܐ 3rd person ܦܟܗ ܦܟܗ ܦܟܗܘܢ ܦܟܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܦܟܝܢ 1st person ܦܟܝ ܦܟܝܢ
construct ܦܟܝ 2nd person ܦܟܝܟ ܦܟܝܟܝ ܦܟܝܟܘܢ ܦܟܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܦܟܐ 3rd person ܦܟܘܗܝ ܦܟܝܗ ܦܟܝܗܘܢ ܦܟܝܗܝܢ

References

  • “pk”, 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 275a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 445a
  • 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, →ISBN, page 1190a
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