ܦܪܕܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܦ-ܪ-ܕ related to dispersing. Compare Akkadian 𒉿𒊑𒅔𒁺 (pirindu, “vegetable foodstuff”), Arabic فَرْدَة (farda) and بَذْرَة (baḏra), and Hebrew פְּרֵדָה (pərēḏâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p(ə)rɛðtɑ(ʔ)], [p(ə)rɛdtɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܦܪܕܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܦܪܕܐ)

1. atom, grain (of corn, sand, metal, etc.)
2. seed, pip, berry
3. (in the plural) planting, sowing

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܪܕܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܪܕܐ		1st person	ܦܪܕܬܝ		ܦܪܕܬܢ
	construct	ܦܪܕܬ		2nd person	ܦܪܕܬܟ	ܦܪܕܬܟܝ	ܦܪܕܬܟܝܢ	ܦܪܕܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܪܕܬܐ		3rd person	ܦܪܕܬܗ	ܦܪܕܬܗ	ܦܪܕܬܗܘܢ	ܦܪܕܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܪܕܝܢ		1st person	ܦܪܕܝ		ܦܪܕܝܢ
	construct	ܦܪܕܝ		2nd person	ܦܪܕܝܟ	ܦܪܕܝܟܝ	ܦܪܕܝܟܘܢ	ܦܪܕܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܪܕܐ		3rd person	ܦܪܕܘܗܝ	ܦܪܕܝܗ	ܦܪܕܝܗܘܢ	ܦܪܕܝܗܝܢ

References

• “prdh”, 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. 286b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 458a
• 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. 1229a