ܦܘܠܚܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܦ ܠ ܚ related to working. Compare Hebrew פֻּלְחָן (pulḥān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pulħɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [pulħɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܘܠܚܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܘܠܚܢܐ)

1. ploughing, tillage, husbandry, cultivation
2. tilled fields
3. (collectively) farmers
4. service, labour, work, occupation, task
5. fabrication
6. day's work
7. (collectively) servants
8. exercise, practice
9. (military) army
10. apportionment
11. worship, devotion
12. service, rite
13. parchment
14. cloth, linen

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܘܠܚܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܘܠܚܢ		1st person	ܦܘܠܚܢܝ		ܦܘܠܚܢܢ
	construct	ܦܘܠܚܢ		2nd person	ܦܘܠܚܢܟ	ܦܘܠܚܢܟܝ	ܦܘܠܚܢܟܘܢ	ܦܘܠܚܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܘܠܚܢܐ		3rd person	ܦܘܠܚܢܗ	ܦܘܠܚܢܗ	ܦܘܠܚܢܗܘܢ	ܦܘܠܚܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܘܠܚܢܝܢ		1st person	ܦܘܠܚܢܝ		ܦܘܠܚܢܝܢ
	construct	ܦܘܠܚܢܝ		2nd person	ܦܘܠܚܢܝܟ	ܦܘܠܚܢܝܟܝ	ܦܘܠܚܢܝܟܘܢ	ܦܘܠܚܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܘܠܚܢܐ		3rd person	ܦܘܠܚܢܘܗܝ	ܦܘܠܚܢܝܗ	ܦܘܠܚܢܝܗܘܢ	ܦܘܠܚܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “pwlḥn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-11
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 277a-b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 437a-b
• 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. 1163b-1164a