ܦܠܢ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Classical Syriac ܦܠܢ (plān), Arabic فُلَان (fulān) and Hebrew פְּלוֹנִי (ploní).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ܦܸܠܵܢ • (pillān) m sg or pl (feminine ܦܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (plānīṯā))

  1. A placeholder name for a person, used when a name is not known; a generic name; so-and-so, such-and-such
    ܡ̣ܢ ܦܸܠܵܢ ܝܵܘܡܵܐ. ― min pillān yāwmā. ― From such-and-such day.
    ܬܸܡܵܠ ܚܙܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܦܸܠܵܢ ܘܕܪܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܫܠܵܡܹ̈ܐ. ― timmāl ḥzē lī pillān w-drē lī šlāmē. ― Yesterday I saw so-and-so and said hi.
  2. (modifying a plural noun) some, certain
    ܡܛܵܝܵܐ ܠܦܸܠܵܢ ܢܝܼܫܹ̈ܐ. ― mṭāyā lpillān nīšē. ― Bringing about of particular goals.
    ܟܸܣܦܵܐ ܕܢܵܒ݂ܹܥ ܡ̣ܢ ܦܸܠܵܢ ܡܲܒܘܼܥܹ̈ܐ. ― kispā dnāḇēˁ min pillān mabūˁē. ― Money derived from some resources.

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic فُلَان (fulān) and Hebrew פְּלוֹנִי (pəlônî).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (singular and plural)

Noun

ܦܠܢ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܠܢ, singular feminine counterpart ܦܠܢܝܬܐ)

  1. so-and-so, such-and-such

Determiner

ܦܠܢ • (transliteration needed) m

  1. (modifying a plural noun) some, certain

References

  • “pln”, 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. 278b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 449a
  • 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. 1201b
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