ܦܪܚܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܦ ܪ ܚ related to flying. Compare Arabic فَرْخَة (farḵa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɑraħ(ə)θɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [pɑrħɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܦܪܚܬܐ • (pāraḥtā) f (plural ܦܪܚܬܐ (pārḥātā))

1. any flying creature; bird, insect
2. (collectively) birds, Aves
3. (dialectal) dove
4. (architecture) top plate

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܪܚܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܪܚܐ		1st person	ܦܪܚܬܝ		ܦܪܚܬܢ
	construct	ܦܪܚܬ		2nd person	ܦܪܚܬܟ	ܦܪܚܬܟܝ	ܦܪܚܬܟܘܢ	ܦܪܚܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܪܚܬܐ		3rd person	ܦܪܚܬܗ	ܦܪܚܬܗ	ܦܪܚܬܗܘܢ	ܦܪܚܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܪܚܢ		1st person	ܦܪܚܬܢ		ܦܪܚܬܢ
	construct	ܦܪܚܬ		2nd person	ܦܪܚܬܟ	ܦܪܚܬܟܝ	ܦܪܚܬܟܘܢ	ܦܪܚܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܪܚܬܐ		3rd person	ܦܪܚܬܗ	ܦܪܚܬܗ	ܦܪܚܬܗܘܢ	ܦܪܚܬܗܝܢ

References

• “prḥh”, 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, page 287b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 460a
• 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, page 1236b