ܦܠܐܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɛlle(ʔ)θɑ(ʔ)], [p(ə)le(ʔ)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [pɛlʔɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܠܐܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܦܠܐܬܐ)

1. comparison, simile, allegory
2. proverb, parable
3. symbol
4. illustration, image, type
5. riddle, enigma

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܠܐܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܠܐܐ		1st person	ܦܠܐܬܝ		ܦܠܐܬܢ
	construct	ܦܠܐܬ		2nd person	ܦܠܐܬܟ	ܦܠܐܬܟܝ	ܦܠܐܬܟܘܢ	ܦܠܐܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܠܐܬܐ		3rd person	ܦܠܐܬܗ	ܦܠܐܬܗ	ܦܠܐܬܗܘܢ	ܦܠܐܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܠܐܢ		1st person	ܦܠܐܬܢ		ܦܠܐܬܢ
	construct	ܦܠܐܬ		2nd person	ܦܠܐܬܟ	ܦܠܐܬܟܝ	ܦܠܐܬܟܘܢ	ܦܠܐܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܠܐܬܐ		3rd person	ܦܠܐܬܗ	ܦܠܐܬܗ	ܦܠܐܬܗܘܢ	ܦܠܐܬܗܝܢ

Proper noun

ܦܠܐܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f

1. (in the plural) Proverbs

References

• “plˀh”, 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. 275b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 446a
• 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. 1192b