ܚܪܕܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܪ-ܕ (ḥ-r-d). Compare Arabic حِرْذَوْن (ḥirḏawn) and Hebrew חַרְדּוֹן (ḥardōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħardɑnɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħardɑne] (plural)

Noun

ܚܪܕܢܐ • (ḥarḏānā) m (plural ܚܪܕܢܐ (ḥarḏānē))

1. agama
2. crocodile

   Synonyms: ܢܗܢܓ, ܬܡܣܝܚ

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܪܕܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܚܪܕܢ		1st person	ܚܪܕܢܝ		ܚܪܕܢܢ
	construct	ܚܪܕܢ		2nd person	ܚܪܕܢܟ	ܚܪܕܢܟܝ	ܚܪܕܢܟܘܢ	ܚܪܕܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܪܕܢܐ		3rd person	ܚܪܕܢܗ	ܚܪܕܢܗ	ܚܪܕܢܗܘܢ	ܚܪܕܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܚܪܕܢܝܢ		1st person	ܚܪܕܢܝ		ܚܪܕܢܝܢ
	construct	ܚܪܕܢܝ		2nd person	ܚܪܕܢܝܟ	ܚܪܕܢܝܟܝ	ܚܪܕܢܝܟܘܢ	ܚܪܕܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܪܕܢܐ		3rd person	ܚܪܕܢܘܗܝ	ܚܪܕܢܝܗ	ܚܪܕܢܝܗܘܢ	ܚܪܕܢܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܚܪܕܢܐ ܕܝܡܐ
• ܚܪܕܢܐ ܕܢܝܠܘܣ
• ܚܪܕܢܐܝܡܝܐ

 

References

• “ḥrdwn”, 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 116a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 156a
• 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 487b