ܟܪܟܕܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Persian کرگدن (kargadan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kark(ə)ðɑnɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [kark(ə)ðɑne] (in the plural)

Noun

ܟܪܟܕܢܐ • (karkǝḏānā) m (plural ܟܪܟܕܢܐ)

1. rhinoceros
2. (figuratively, animal anatomy) horn

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܪܟܕܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܪܟܕܢ		1st person	ܟܪܟܕܢܝ		ܟܪܟܕܢܢ
	construct	ܟܪܟܕܢ		2nd person	ܟܪܟܕܢܟ	ܟܪܟܕܢܟܝ	ܟܪܟܕܢܟܘܢ	ܟܪܟܕܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܪܟܕܢܐ		3rd person	ܟܪܟܕܢܗ	ܟܪܟܕܢܗ	ܟܪܟܕܢܗܘܢ	ܟܪܟܕܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܟܪܟܕܢܝܢ		1st person	ܟܪܟܕܢܝ		ܟܪܟܕܢܝܢ
	construct	ܟܪܟܕܢܝ		2nd person	ܟܪܟܕܢܝܟ	ܟܪܟܕܢܝܟܝ	ܟܪܟܕܢܝܟܘܢ	ܟܪܟܕܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܪܟܕܢܐ		3rd person	ܟܪܟܕܢܘܗܝ	ܟܪܟܕܢܝܗ	ܟܪܟܕܢܝܗܘܢ	ܟܪܟܕܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “krkdn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 227b
• 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 654b