ܦܫܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Aramaic פְשַך (pšaḵ, “goat hoof; measure 1/6 cubit (3 inches)”) loaned as Akkadian 𒁍𒍑𒆪 (/⁠pusku, pušku⁠/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɛʃkɑ(ʔ)], [pɛʃ(ə)xɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [pɛʃke(ʔ)], [pɛʃ(ə)xe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܫܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܫܟܐ)

1. handbreadth/handsbreadth, palm
2. (animal anatomy) goat's hoof

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܫܟܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܫܟ		1st person	ܦܫܟܝ		ܦܫܟܢ
	construct	ܦܫܟ		2nd person	ܦܫܟܟ	ܦܫܟܟܝ	ܦܫܟܟܘܢ	ܦܫܟܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܫܟܐ		3rd person	ܦܫܟܗ	ܦܫܟܗ	ܦܫܟܗܘܢ	ܦܫܟܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܫܟܝܢ		1st person	ܦܫܟܝ		ܦܫܟܝܢ
	construct	ܦܫܟܝ		2nd person	ܦܫܟܝܟ	ܦܫܟܝܟܝ	ܦܫܟܝܟܘܢ	ܦܫܟܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܫܟܐ		3rd person	ܦܫܟܘܗܝ	ܦܫܟܝܗ	ܦܫܟܝܗܘܢ	ܦܫܟܝܗܝܢ

References

• “pšk”, 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. 294a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 468b
• 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. 1261b