ܦܟܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܦ ܟ ܗ (p k h)
1 term

Etymology

Compare Classical Syriac ܦܟܝܗܐ (pakkīhā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paːxaː]

Adjective

ܦܵܟ݂ܵܐ • (pāḵā) (feminine ܦܵܟ݂ܬܵܐ (pāḵtā), plural ܦܵܟ݂ܹ̈ܐ (pāḵē))

1. (of food) bland, tasteless, without flavor

   Antonym: ܡܲܪ ܛܲܥܡܵܐ (mar ṭaˁmā)

2. (of a person or their speech or actions) meaningless, pointless, stupid

Noun

ܦܵܟ݂ܵܐ • (pāḵā) m (plural ܦܵܟ݂ܹ̈ܐ (pāḵē), feminine ܦܵܟ݂ܬܵܐ (pāḵtā))

1. person that says meaningless talk or performs meaningless actions

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܦܓܐ

Etymology

Root
ܦ-ܟ-ܟ
1 term

Compare Arabic فَكّ (fakk, “jaw”) and Hebrew פַּךְ (paḵ, “jar, jug”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pakkɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [pakke(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܦܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܟܐ)

1. slap, smack, blow, buffet
2. outstretched tooth, tusk
3. (anatomy) jaw; maxilla, jawbone; cheek, cheekbone
4. (figuratively) side of an altar

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܟܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܟ		1st person	ܦܟܝ		ܦܟܢ
	construct	ܦܟ		2nd person	ܦܟܟ	ܦܟܟܝ	ܦܟܟܘܢ	ܦܟܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܟܐ		3rd person	ܦܟܗ	ܦܟܗ	ܦܟܗܘܢ	ܦܟܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܟܝܢ		1st person	ܦܟܝ		ܦܟܝܢ
	construct	ܦܟܝ		2nd person	ܦܟܝܟ	ܦܟܝܟܝ	ܦܟܝܟܘܢ	ܦܟܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܟܐ		3rd person	ܦܟܘܗܝ	ܦܟܝܗ	ܦܟܝܗܘܢ	ܦܟܝܗܝܢ

References

• “pk”, 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, p. 275a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 445a
• 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. 1190a