ܦܥܠܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɑʕl(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [pɑʕlɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܥܠܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܦܥܠܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܦܥܠܐ)

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

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܥܠܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܥܠܐ		1st person	ܦܥܠܬܝ		ܦܥܠܬܢ
	construct	ܦܥܠܬ		2nd person	ܦܥܠܬܟ	ܦܥܠܬܟܝ	ܦܥܠܬܟܘܢ	ܦܥܠܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܥܠܬܐ		3rd person	ܦܥܠܬܗ	ܦܥܠܬܗ	ܦܥܠܬܗܘܢ	ܦܥܠܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܥܠܢ		1st person	ܦܥܠܬܢ		ܦܥܠܬܢ
	construct	ܦܥܠܬ		2nd person	ܦܥܠܬܟ	ܦܥܠܬܟܝ	ܦܥܠܬܟܘܢ	ܦܥܠܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܥܠܬܐ		3rd person	ܦܥܠܬܗ	ܦܥܠܬܗ	ܦܥܠܬܗܘܢ	ܦܥܠܬܗܝܢ

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