ܦܘܪܬܥܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܦܘܪܛܥܢܐ

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *purḡūṯ- (“flea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [purtaʕnɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [purtaʕne)] (plural)

A flea

Noun

ܦܘܪܬܥܢܐ • (purtaʿnā) m (plural ܦܘܪܬܥܢܐ (purtaʿnē))

1. flea (insect)
2. a kind of flea beetle

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܘܪܬܥܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܘܪܬܥܢ		1st person	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝ		ܦܘܪܬܥܢܢ
	construct	ܦܘܪܬܥܢ		2nd person	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܟ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܟܝ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܟܘܢ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܐ		3rd person	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܗ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܗ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܗܘܢ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝܢ		1st person	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝ		ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝܢ
	construct	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝ		2nd person	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝܟ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝܟܝ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝܟܘܢ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܐ		3rd person	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܘܗܝ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝܗ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝܗܘܢ	ܦܘܪܬܥܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “pwrtˁn”, 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, page 272a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 440a
• 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, page 1174b