ܘܥܕܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܘ-ܥ-ܕ (w-ʿ-d) related to appointing. Compare Arabic وَعْد (waʕd) and Hebrew וַעַד (waʿaḏ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [waʕdɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [waʕde(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܘܥܕܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܘܥܕܐ)

1. appointed time, appointment
2. appointed sign, signal, mark
3. appointed place, rendezvous
4. promise, pledge, agreement
5. space, boundary, approach
6. refuge, asylum
7. limited space
8. promise, pledge, agreement, pact
9. charge, commission
10. expiry, death, end

Inflection

Inflection of ܘܥܕܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܘܥܕ		1st person	ܘܥܕܝ		ܘܥܕܢ
	construct	ܘܥܕ		2nd person	ܘܥܕܟ	ܘܥܕܟܝ	ܘܥܕܟܘܢ	ܘܥܕܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܘܥܕܐ		3rd person	ܘܥܕܗ	ܘܥܕܗ	ܘܥܕܗܘܢ	ܘܥܕܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܘܥܕܝܢ		1st person	ܘܥܕܝ		ܘܥܕܝܢ
	construct	ܘܥܕܝ		2nd person	ܘܥܕܝܟ	ܘܥܕܝܟܝ	ܘܥܕܝܟܘܢ	ܘܥܕܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܘܥܕܐ		3rd person	ܘܥܕܘܗܝ	ܘܥܕܝܗ	ܘܥܕܝܗܘܢ	ܘܥܕܝܗܝܢ

References

• “wˁd”, 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, p. 82a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 108b
• 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. 359a-b