ܦܛܝܚܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܦܛܝܚܐ

Etymology

While it has been theoretized to have been acquired in Semitic via Egyptian bddw-kꜣ (“watermelon”) from sub-Saharan Africa, there is an explanation as an Iranian borrowing equivalent to Persian بیدخت (bêdoxt, “Venus”), which is the known Akkadian 𒂗 (bēlu, “master; Bel, Baal”) + Persian دخت (doxt, “daughter”), literally “daughter of Baal”; compare Arabic بَطِّيخ (baṭṭīḵ) and Hebrew אֲבַטִּיחַ (avatíakh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [patˤ.tˤiːxɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [patˤiːxa]

Noun

ܦܲܛܝܼܚܵܐ • (paṭīḥā) m sg (plural ܦܲܛܝܼܚܹ̈ܐ (paṭīḥē))

1. melon (large round fruit with sweet pulpy flesh and many seeds)
2. watermelon

   Synonym: ܫܸܦܬܝܼܵܐ (šiptīyā)

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܲܛܝܼܚܵܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	–		1st person	ܦܲܛܝܼܚܝܼ (paṭīḥī)		ܦܲܛܝܼܚܲܢ (paṭīḥan)
	construct	ܦܲܛܝܼܚ (paṭīḥ)		2nd person	ܦܲܛܝܼܚܘܼܟ݂ (paṭīḥūḵ)	ܦܲܛܝܼܚܵܟ݂ܝ (paṭīḥāḵ)	ܦܲܛܝܼܚܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (paṭīḥāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܦܲܛܝܼܚܵܐ (paṭīḥā)		3rd person	ܦܲܛܝܼܚܹܗ (paṭīḥēh)	ܦܲܛܝܼܚܵܗ̇ (paṭīḥāh)	ܦܲܛܝܼܚܗܘܿܢ (paṭīḥhōn)
plural	absolute	–		1st person	ܦܲܛܝܼܚܝܼ̈ (paṭīḥī)		ܦܲܛܝܼܚܲܢ̈ (paṭīḥan)
	construct	ܦܲܛܝܼܚܲܝ̈ (paṭīḥay)		2nd person	ܦܲܛܝܼܚܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (paṭīḥūḵ)	ܦܲܛܝܼܚܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (paṭīḥāḵ)	ܦܲܛܝܼܚܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (paṭīḥāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܦܲܛܝܼܚܹ̈ܐ (paṭīḥē)		3rd person	ܦܲܛܝܼܚܘܼ̈ܗܝ (paṭīḥūh)	ܦܲܛܝܼܚ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (paṭīḥōh)	ܦܲܛܝܼܚܗ̈ܘܿܢ (paṭīḥhōn)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic بَطِّيخ (baṭṭīḵ) and Hebrew אֲבַטִּיחַ (ʾăḇaṭṭī́aḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [patˤtˤiħɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [patˤtˤiħe] (in the plural)

Noun

ܦܲܛܝܼܚܵܐ • (paṭṭīḥā) m (plural ܦܲܛܝܼܚܹܐ)

1. watermelon, melon
2. pumpkin

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܛܝܚܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܛܝܚ		1st person	ܦܛܝܚܝ		ܦܛܝܚܢ
	construct	ܦܛܝܚ		2nd person	ܦܛܝܚܟ	ܦܛܝܚܟܝ	ܦܛܝܚܟܘܢ	ܦܛܝܚܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܛܝܚܐ		3rd person	ܦܛܝܚܗ	ܦܛܝܚܗ	ܦܛܝܚܗܘܢ	ܦܛܝܚܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܛܝܚܝܢ		1st person	ܦܛܝܚܝ		ܦܛܝܚܝܢ
	construct	ܦܛܝܚܝ		2nd person	ܦܛܝܚܝܟ	ܦܛܝܚܝܟܝ	ܦܛܝܚܝܟܘܢ	ܦܛܝܚܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܛܝܚܐ		3rd person	ܦܛܝܚܘܗܝ	ܦܛܝܚܝܗ	ܦܛܝܚܝܗܘܢ	ܦܛܝܚܝܗܝܢ

References

• “pṭyḥ”, 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 442a
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 563
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 273
• Bar Bahlul, Ḥasan (a. 1000) Duval, Rubens, editor, Lexicon Syriacum (Collection Orientale; 15–17) (in Classical Syriac), Paris: e Reipublicæ typographæo, published 1901, page 766
• Audo, Toma (1897) ܣܝܡܬܐ ܕܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ [Treasure of the Syriac Language] (in Classical Syriac), Mosul: Imprimerie des Pères Dominicains, page 774
• 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 1181b