ܦܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the root ܦ-ܟ-ܟ‎ (p-k-k) related to bruising. Compare Arabic فَكّ‎ (fakk, “jaw”) and Hebrew פַּךְ‎ (paḵ, “jar, jug”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pakkɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [pakke(ʔ)] (plural)

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
    declension of ܦܟܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܦܟ ܦܟܝܢ
construct ܦܟ ܦܟܝ
emphatic ܦܟܐ ܦܟܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܦܟܝ ܦܟܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܦܟܟ ܦܟܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܦܟܟܝ ܦܟܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܦܟܗ ܦܟܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܦܟܗ ܦܟܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܦܟܢ ܦܟܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܦܟܟܘܢ ܦܟܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܦܟܟܝܢ ܦܟܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܦܟܗܘܢ ܦܟܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܦܟܗܝܢ ܦܟܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “pk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 275a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 1190a
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