ܠܘܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܠ ܘ ܥ related to licking up. Compare Hebrew לֹעַ (lṓaʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [loʕɑ(ʔ)], [lawʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [loʕe(ʔ)], [lawʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܠܘܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܠܘܥܐ)

1. (anatomy) jaw

Inflection

Inflection of ܠܘܥܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܠܘܥ		1st person	ܠܘܥܝ		ܠܘܥܢ
	construct	ܠܘܥ		2nd person	ܠܘܥܟ	ܠܘܥܟܝ	ܠܘܥܟܘܢ	ܠܘܥܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܠܘܥܐ		3rd person	ܠܘܥܗ	ܠܘܥܗ	ܠܘܥܗܘܢ	ܠܘܥܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܠܘܥܝܢ		1st person	ܠܘܥܝ		ܠܘܥܝܢ
	construct	ܠܘܥܝ		2nd person	ܠܘܥܝܟ	ܠܘܥܝܟܝ	ܠܘܥܝܟܘܢ	ܠܘܥܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܠܘܥܐ		3rd person	ܠܘܥܘܗܝ	ܠܘܥܝܗ	ܠܘܥܝܗܘܢ	ܠܘܥܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [luʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [luʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܠܘܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܠܘܥܐ)

1. (botany) pondweed

Inflection

Inflection of ܠܘܥܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܠܘܥ		1st person	ܠܘܥܝ		ܠܘܥܢ
	construct	ܠܘܥ		2nd person	ܠܘܥܟ	ܠܘܥܟܝ	ܠܘܥܟܘܢ	ܠܘܥܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܠܘܥܐ		3rd person	ܠܘܥܗ	ܠܘܥܗ	ܠܘܥܗܘܢ	ܠܘܥܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܠܘܥܝܢ		1st person	ܠܘܥܝ		ܠܘܥܝܢ
	construct	ܠܘܥܝ		2nd person	ܠܘܥܝܟ	ܠܘܥܝܟܝ	ܠܘܥܝܟܘܢ	ܠܘܥܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܠܘܥܐ		3rd person	ܠܘܥܘܗܝ	ܠܘܥܝܗ	ܠܘܥܝܗܘܢ	ܠܘܥܝܗܝܢ

References

• “lwˁ”, 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. 170a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 238a
• 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, pp. 679b-680a