ܕܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dʾt' /⁠dāt, dād⁠/, “law, justice”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎫𐎶 (d-a-t-m /⁠dātam⁠/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɑθɑ(ʔ)], [dattɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [dɑθe(ʔ)], [datte(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܕܬܐ • (dāṯāʾ, dattāʾ) f (plural ܕܬܐ)

1. judgement, edict, law

   Synonym: ܕܝܢܐ

Inflection

Inflection of ܕܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܕܬ		1st person	ܕܬܝ		ܕܬܢ
	construct	ܕܬ		2nd person	ܕܬܟ	ܕܬܟܝ	ܕܬܟܘܢ	ܕܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܬܐ		3rd person	ܕܬܗ	ܕܬܗ	ܕܬܗܘܢ	ܕܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܕܬܝܢ		1st person	ܕܬܝ		ܕܬܝܢ
	construct	ܕܬܝ		2nd person	ܕܬܝܟ	ܕܬܝܟܝ	ܕܬܝܟܘܢ	ܕܬܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܬܐ		3rd person	ܕܬܘܗܝ	ܕܬܝܗ	ܕܬܝܗܘܢ	ܕܬܝܗܝܢ

References

• “dt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-08-31
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 71b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 98b
• 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. 326b