Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܦܢܝܬܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p(ə)niθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [pɛnjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܢܝܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܦܢܝܬܐ)

1. side
2. region
3. district, quarter
4. place

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܦ-ܢ-ܐ ‎(p-n-ʾ) related to returning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p(ə)nɑjtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [p(ə)nɑjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܢܝܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܦܢܝܬܐ)

1. turning, revolving, revolution
2. movement towards something; approach, returning
3. attachment, attraction
4. early evening meal; supper

Inflection

References

• “pny”, 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. 279a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 450b
• 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. 1207a