ܦܩܚܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܦܩܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܩܚܐ)

1. (botany) flower, blossom

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܩܚܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܩܚ		1st person	ܦܩܚܝ		ܦܩܚܢ
	construct	ܦܩܚ		2nd person	ܦܩܚܟ	ܦܩܚܟܝ	ܦܩܚܟܘܢ	ܦܩܚܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܩܚܐ		3rd person	ܦܩܚܗ	ܦܩܚܗ	ܦܩܚܗܘܢ	ܦܩܚܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܩܚܝܢ		1st person	ܦܩܚܝ		ܦܩܚܝܢ
	construct	ܦܩܚܝ		2nd person	ܦܩܚܝܟ	ܦܩܚܝܟܝ	ܦܩܚܝܟܘܢ	ܦܩܚܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܩܚܐ		3rd person	ܦܩܚܘܗܝ	ܦܩܚܝܗ	ܦܩܚܝܗܘܢ	ܦܩܚܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

ܦܩܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܩܚܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܦܩܚܬܐ)

1. (impersonal) useful, expedient, better

Usage notes

This word usually occurs in the absolute state.

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܩܚܐ

person	singular		plural
	m	f	m	f
absolute	ܦܩܚ	ܦܩܚܐ	ܦܩܚܝܢ	ܦܩܚܢ
construct	ܦܩܚ	ܦܩܚܬ	ܦܩܚܝ	ܦܩܚܬ
emphatic	ܦܩܚܐ	ܦܩܚܬܐ	ܦܩܚܐ	ܦܩܚܬܐ

References

• “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