ܦܥܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܦ-ܥ-ܠ (p-ʿ-l) related to working.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p(ə)ʕɑlɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܦܥܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m(uncountable)

1. work, labor/labour

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܥܠܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܥܠ		1st person	ܦܥܠܝ		ܦܥܠܢ
	construct	ܦܥܠ		2nd person	ܦܥܠܟ	ܦܥܠܟܝ	ܦܥܠܟܘܢ	ܦܥܠܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܥܠܐ		3rd person	ܦܥܠܗ	ܦܥܠܗ	ܦܥܠܗܘܢ	ܦܥܠܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܦ-ܥ-ܠ (p-ʿ-l) related to working. Compare Arabic فَاعِل (fāʕil) and Hebrew פּוֹעֵל (pôʿēl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɑʕlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [pɑʕle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܥܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܥܠܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܦܥܠܬܐ)

1. worker, labourer/laborer
2. helper, assistant
3. performer
4. author

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܥܠܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܥܠ		1st person	ܦܥܠܝ		ܦܥܠܢ
	construct	ܦܥܠ		2nd person	ܦܥܠܟ	ܦܥܠܟܝ	ܦܥܠܟܘܢ	ܦܥܠܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܥܠܐ		3rd person	ܦܥܠܗ	ܦܥܠܗ	ܦܥܠܗܘܢ	ܦܥܠܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܥܠܝܢ		1st person	ܦܥܠܝ		ܦܥܠܝܢ
	construct	ܦܥܠܝ		2nd person	ܦܥܠܝܟ	ܦܥܠܝܟܝ	ܦܥܠܝܟܘܢ	ܦܥܠܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܥܠܐ		3rd person	ܦܥܠܘܗܝ	ܦܥܠܝܗ	ܦܥܠܝܗܘܢ	ܦܥܠܝܗܝܢ

References

• “pˁl”, 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. 282b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 453b
• 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. 1216b