ܦܠܚܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܦ-ܠ-ܚ (p-l-ḥ) related to working.

Pronunciation

Noun

ܦܠܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܠܚܘܬܐ or ܦܠܚܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܦܠܚܬܐ)

  1. servant, attendant, agent, minister
  2. artisan
  3. (military) soldier
  4. worker, peasant
  5. vintner
  6. worshipper
Chess pieces in Classical Syriac (layout · text)
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ܡܠܟܐ ܬܘܪܬܢܐ ܡܓܕܠܐ ܦܝܠܐ ܣܘܣܝܐ ܦܠܚܐ
Usage notes

Usually, the plural ܦܠܚܐ (pālḥē(ʾ)) is a paucal plural (from two to ten) while the plural ܦܠܚܘܬܐ (pālaḥwāṯā(ʾ)) is a multiple plural (eleven or more).

Inflection
Inflection of ܦܠܚܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܦܠܚ 1st person ܦܠܚܝ ܦܠܚܢ
construct ܦܠܚ 2nd person ܦܠܚܟ ܦܠܚܟܝ ܦܠܚܟܘܢ ܦܠܚܟܝܢ
emphatic ܦܠܚܐ 3rd person ܦܠܚܗ ܦܠܚܗ ܦܠܚܗܘܢ ܦܠܚܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܦܠܚܘܢ ,ܦܠܚܝܢ 1st person ܦܠܚܘܬܝ ,ܦܠܚܝ ܦܠܚܘܬܢ ,ܦܠܚܝܢ
construct ܦܠܚܘܬ ,ܦܠܚܝ 2nd person ܦܠܚܘܬܟ ,ܦܠܚܝܟ ܦܠܚܘܬܟܝ ,ܦܠܚܝܟܝ ܦܠܚܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܦܠܚܝܟܘܢ ܦܠܚܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܦܠܚܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܦܠܚܘܬܐ ,ܦܠܚܐ 3rd person ܦܠܚܘܬܗ ,ܦܠܚܘܗܝ ܦܠܚܘܬܗ ,ܦܠܚܝܗ ܦܠܚܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܦܠܚܝܗܘܢ ܦܠܚܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܦܠܚܝܗܝܢ
Descendants
  • Kurdish:
    → Northern Kurdish: pale
    → Central Kurdish: پاڵە (palle)

Etymology 2

From the root ܦ-ܠ-ܚ (p-l-ḥ) related to working. Compare Aramaic פלחא.

Pronunciation

Noun

ܦܠܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܠܚܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܦܠܚܬܐ)

  1. worker
    Synonym: ܦܥܠܐ
  2. tiller, cultivator, farmer, agriculturalist
    Synonym: ܐܟܪܐ
  3. vintner, vinedresser
    Synonyms: ܟܪܡܐ, ܚܡܪܐ
  4. worshipper
Inflection
Inflection of ܦܠܚܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܦܠܚ 1st person ܦܠܚܝ ܦܠܚܢ
construct ܦܠܚ 2nd person ܦܠܚܟ ܦܠܚܟܝ ܦܠܚܟܘܢ ܦܠܚܟܝܢ
emphatic ܦܠܚܐ 3rd person ܦܠܚܗ ܦܠܚܗ ܦܠܚܗܘܢ ܦܠܚܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܦܠܚܝܢ 1st person ܦܠܚܝ ܦܠܚܝܢ
construct ܦܠܚܝ 2nd person ܦܠܚܝܟ ܦܠܚܝܟܝ ܦܠܚܝܟܘܢ ܦܠܚܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܦܠܚܐ 3rd person ܦܠܚܘܗܝ ܦܠܚܝܗ ܦܠܚܝܗܘܢ ܦܠܚܝܗܝܢ
Descendants

References

  • “plḥ”, 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, p. 277a, b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 448a
  • 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, pp. 1197b-1198a
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