ܒܘܕܚܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܒ ܕ ܚ, related to cheerfulness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [budˈdɑ.ħɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [budˈdɑ.ħe] (plural)

Noun

ܒܘܕܚܐ • (būddāḥā) m (plural ܒܘܕܚܐ)

1. cheerfulness, pleasure, delight

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܘܕܚܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܘܕܚ		1st person	ܒܘܕܚܝ		ܒܘܕܚܢ
	construct	ܒܘܕܚ		2nd person	ܒܘܕܚܟ	ܒܘܕܚܟܝ	ܒܘܕܚܟܘܢ	ܒܘܕܚܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܘܕܚܐ		3rd person	ܒܘܕܚܗ	ܒܘܕܚܗ	ܒܘܕܚܗܘܢ	ܒܘܕܚܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܘܕܚܝܢ		1st person	ܒܘܕܚܝ		ܒܘܕܚܝܢ
	construct	ܒܘܕܚܝ		2nd person	ܒܘܕܚܝܟ	ܒܘܕܚܝܟܝ	ܒܘܕܚܝܟܘܢ	ܒܘܕܚܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܘܕܚܐ		3rd person	ܒܘܕܚܘܗܝ	ܒܘܕܚܝܗ	ܒܘܕܚܝܗܘܢ	ܒܘܕܚܝܗܝܢ

References

• “bwdḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-10-21
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 37a
• 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 124b