ܬܕܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ṯdʾ (breast, pap, teat); compare Arabic ثَدْي (ṯady), Hebrew שָׁד (šāḏ).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Syriac) IPA(key): [t(ə.)ˈðɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈtðɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈtðo]

Noun

ܬܕܐ (təḏā) m (plural ܬܕܝܐ (təḏayyā))

  1. (anatomy) breast, pap
Usage notes

This word is masculine, despite the tendency in Semitic languages for body parts that come in pairs to be feminine.

Inflection
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

ܬܕܐ (tdʾ) m (plural ܬܕܐ (tdʾ))

  1. Alternative spelling of ܬܕܐܐ
Inflection

References

  • td”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-08-28
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 387b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 605a
  • 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, page 1624a
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