ܦܘܩܕܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܦ-ܩ-ܕ (p-q-d), related to commanding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [puq(qə.)ˈðɑ.nɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [puq(qə.)ˈðɑ.nɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܦܘܩܕܢܐ • (pūqqəḏānā) m (plural ܦܘܩܕܢܐ)

1. order, command, injunction, precept
2. commandment, decree
3. recommendation
4. will, testament
5. authority, rule, dominion, domination
6. (grammar) imperative mood
7. vengeance, punishment, chastisement

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܘܩܕܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܘܩܕܢ		1st person	ܦܘܩܕܢܝ		ܦܘܩܕܢܢ
	construct	ܦܘܩܕܢ		2nd person	ܦܘܩܕܢܟ	ܦܘܩܕܢܟܝ	ܦܘܩܕܢܟܘܢ	ܦܘܩܕܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܘܩܕܢܐ		3rd person	ܦܘܩܕܢܗ	ܦܘܩܕܢܗ	ܦܘܩܕܢܗܘܢ	ܦܘܩܕܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܘܩܕܢܝܢ		1st person	ܦܘܩܕܢܝ		ܦܘܩܕܢܝܢ
	construct	ܦܘܩܕܢܝ		2nd person	ܦܘܩܕܢܝܟ	ܦܘܩܕܢܝܟܝ	ܦܘܩܕܢܝܟܘܢ	ܦܘܩܕܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܘܩܕܢܐ		3rd person	ܦܘܩܕܢܘܗܝ	ܦܘܩܕܢܝܗ	ܦܘܩܕܢܝܗܘܢ	ܦܘܩܕܢܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܦܘܩܕܢܝܐ (pūqqəḏānāyā)

References

• “pwqdn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-07-15
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 284a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 438b
• 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. 1168a