Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɛqʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [pɛqʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܩܥܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܦܩܥܐ)

1. crack, split, cleft, rift, fissure
2. gorge, mountain pass
3. seaweed, wrack
4. frog

Inflection

Synonyms

• (frog): ܐܘܪܕܥܐ

Etymology 2

From the root ܦ-ܩ-ܥ ‎(p-q-ʿ) related to splitting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paqʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [paqʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܩܥܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܦܩܥܐ)

1. noise, crash, din
2. thunderbolt

Inflection

References

• “pq(”, 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. 285a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p.456a
• 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. 1224a