ܚܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħɛkkɑ]

Etymology 1

From the earlier uncontracted form ܚܸܢܟܿܵܐ (ḥenkā), still preserved in the plural form ܚܸܢܟܼܹܐ (ḥenḵē). Compare Arabic حَنَك (ḥanak) and Hebrew חֵךְ (ḥēḵ).

Alternative forms

• (uncontracted form) ܚܘܢܟܐ
• (uncontracted form) ܚܢܟܐ

Noun

ܚܸܟܿܵܐ • (ḥekkā) m (plural ܚܸܢܟܼܹܐ (ḥenḵē))

1. (anatomy) palate; mouth, jaws; throat, larynx
2. taste (sense)
3. (pathology) laryngitis

Usage notes

Usually, this word behaves as a masculine noun in the singular and a feminine noun in the plural.

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܟܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܚܢܟ		1st person	ܚܟܝ		ܚܟܢ
	construct	ܚܢܟ		2nd person	ܚܟܟ	ܚܟܟܝ	ܚܟܟܘܢ	ܚܟܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܟܐ		3rd person	ܚܟܗ	ܚܟܗ	ܚܟܗܘܢ	ܚܟܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܚܢܟܝܢ		1st person	ܚܢܟܝ		ܚܢܟܝܢ
	construct	ܚܢܟܝ		2nd person	ܚܢܟܝܟ	ܚܢܟܝܟܝ	ܚܢܟܝܟܘܢ	ܚܢܟܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܢܟܐ		3rd person	ܚܢܟܘܗܝ	ܚܢܟܝܗ	ܚܢܟܝܗܘܢ	ܚܢܟܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Noun

ܚܟܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. absolute singular of ܚܟܬܐ

References

• “ḥnk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-26
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 110b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 141b, 149a
• 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, →ISBN, page 472a