ܦܛܝܚܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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ܦܛܝܚܐ

Etymology

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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

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Noun

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ܦܲܛܝܼܚܵܐ (paṭīḥām sg (plural ܦܲܛܝܼܚܹ̈ܐ (paṭīḥē))

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

Inflection

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    Inflection of ܦܲܛܝܼܚܵܐ (paṭīḥā)
number 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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ܦܲܛܝܼܚܵܐ (paṭṭīḥām (plural ܦܲܛܝܼܚܹܐ)

  1. watermelon, melon
  2. pumpkin

Inflection

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References

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  • 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