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ܦܢܝܬܐ

ܦܢܝܬܐ

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