ܦܩܚܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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From the root ܦ-ܩ-ܚ (p-q-ḥ) related to flourishing.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [paqħɑ(ʔ)], [pɛqħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [paqħe(ʔ)], [pɛqħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܦܩܚܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܦܩܚܐ)

  1. (botany) flower, blossom
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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From the root ܦ-ܩ-ܚ (p-q-ḥ) related to flourishing.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [paqqɑħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [paqqɑħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

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ܦܩܚܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܦܩܚܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܦܩܚܬܐ)

  1. (impersonal) useful, expedient, better
Usage notes
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This word usually occurs in the absolute state.

Inflection
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References

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  • pqḥ”, 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. 284b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 455b
  • 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. 1222a