ܛܠܝܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܛܠܝܐ (ṭalyāʾ, “child”) +‎ -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ, abstract noun ending).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tˤaljuθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tˤalj(ə)wɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܛܠܝܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܛܠܝܘܬܐ)

1. childhood, youth
2. (collectively) lads, young people; servants

Inflection

Inflection of ܛܠܝܘܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܛܠܝܘ		1st person	ܛܠܝܘܬܝ		ܛܠܝܘܬܢ
	construct	ܛܠܝܘܬ		2nd person	ܛܠܝܘܬܟ	ܛܠܝܘܬܟܝ	ܛܠܝܘܬܟܘܢ	ܛܠܝܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܛܠܝܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܛܠܝܘܬܗ	ܛܠܝܘܬܗ	ܛܠܝܘܬܗܘܢ	ܛܠܝܘܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܛܠܝܘܢ		1st person	ܛܠܝܘܬܝ		ܛܠܝܘܬܢ
	construct	ܛܠܝܘܬ		2nd person	ܛܠܝܘܬܟ	ܛܠܝܘܬܟܝ	ܛܠܝܘܬܟܘܢ	ܛܠܝܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܛܠܝܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܛܠܝܘܬܗ	ܛܠܝܘܬܗ	ܛܠܝܘܬܗܘܢ	ܛܠܝܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• “ṭlyw”, 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. 127a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 174b
• 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. 532a