ܦܛܝܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܦ-ܛ-ܪ (p-ṭ-r); compare Arabic فَطِير (faṭīr). The sense of "Passover" is a calque of Ancient Greek τὰ ἀζύμα (tà azúma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [patˤtˤirɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [patˤtˤire(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܦܛܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܛܝܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܦܛܝܪܬܐ)

1. unleavened, azymous
2. fresh, raw
3. (of skins or hides) untanned
4. (figuratively) sincere

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܛܝܪܐ

person	singular		plural
	m	f	m	f
absolute	ܦܛܝܪ	ܦܛܝܪܐ	ܦܛܝܪܝܢ	ܦܛܝܪܢ
construct	ܦܛܝܪ	ܦܛܝܪܬ	ܦܛܝܪܝ	ܦܛܝܪܬ
emphatic	ܦܛܝܪܐ	ܦܛܝܪܬܐ	ܦܛܝܪܐ	ܦܛܝܪܬܐ

Noun

ܦܛܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܛܝܪܐ)

1. unleavened bread

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܛܝܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܛܝܪ		1st person	ܦܛܝܪܝ		ܦܛܝܪܢ
	construct	ܦܛܝܪ		2nd person	ܦܛܝܪܟ	ܦܛܝܪܟܝ	ܦܛܝܪܟܘܢ	ܦܛܝܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܛܝܪܐ		3rd person	ܦܛܝܪܗ	ܦܛܝܪܗ	ܦܛܝܪܗܘܢ	ܦܛܝܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܛܝܪܝܢ		1st person	ܦܛܝܪܝ		ܦܛܝܪܝܢ
	construct	ܦܛܝܪܝ		2nd person	ܦܛܝܪܝܟ	ܦܛܝܪܝܟܝ	ܦܛܝܪܝܟܘܢ	ܦܛܝܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܛܝܪܐ		3rd person	ܦܛܝܪܘܗܝ	ܦܛܝܪܝܗ	ܦܛܝܪܝܗܘܢ	ܦܛܝܪܝܗܝܢ

Proper noun

ܦܛܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m

1. (Christianity, in the plural) Passover, Easter; Lord's Supper

References

• “pṭyr”, 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, pp. 273b, 416a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 442a
• 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. 1181b