ܦܬܚܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܦ-ܬ-ܚ (p-t-ḥ) related to opening. Compare Arabic فَتْح (fatḥ) and Hebrew פֶּתַח (péṯaḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [p(ə)θɑħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [p(ə)θɑħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܬܚܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܬܚܐ)

  1. opening
  2. door, gate
  3. preface, chapter
  4. open book; the two pages that are exposed while a book is open
  5. commencement, institution
  6. mountain pole
  7. (military) assault, storm
  8. (grammar, orthography) name of a vowel mark equivalent to /a/
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܦ-ܬ-ܚ (p-t-ḥ) related to opening.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɛθħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [pɛθħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܬܚܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܬܚܐ)

  1. opening
  2. explanation
  3. sceptre
Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܦ-ܬ-ܚ (p-t-ḥ) related to opening. Compare Arabic فَاتِح (fātiḥ) and Hebrew פֹּתֵחַ (pōṯēaḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɑθħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [pɑθħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܬܚܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܬܚܐ)

  1. anything that opens; opener
Inflection

References

  • ptḥ”, 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. 295b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 470a-b
  • 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. 1265b
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