ܐܦܕܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• אפדנא

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎭𐎠𐎴 (apadāna). See also Apadana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɑppaðnɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔɑppaðne(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܐܦܕܢܐ • (āppaḏnā) f (plural ܐܦܕܢܐ)

1. apadana, palace, castle, citadel

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܦܕܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܐܦܕܢ		1st person	ܐܦܕܢܝ		ܐܦܕܢܢ
	construct	ܐܦܕܢ		2nd person	ܐܦܕܢܟ	ܐܦܕܢܟܝ	ܐܦܕܢܟܘܢ	ܐܦܕܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܦܕܢܐ		3rd person	ܐܦܕܢܗ	ܐܦܕܢܗ	ܐܦܕܢܗܘܢ	ܐܦܕܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܐܦܕܢܝܢ		1st person	ܐܦܕܢܝ		ܐܦܕܢܝܢ
	construct	ܐܦܕܢܝ		2nd person	ܐܦܕܢܝܟ	ܐܦܕܢܝܟܝ	ܐܦܕܢܝܟܘܢ	ܐܦܕܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܦܕܢܐ		3rd person	ܐܦܕܢܘܗܝ	ܐܦܕܢܝܗ	ܐܦܕܢܝܗܘܢ	ܐܦܕܢܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: فَدَن (fadan)

References

• “ˀpdn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 17a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 26a
• 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 81b