ܦܬܟܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎣𐎼 (patikāra). Compare Middle Persian 𐭯𐭲𐭪𐭫 (patkar), Persian پیکر (paykar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p(ə)θaxrɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [p(ə)θaxre] (in the plural)

Noun

ܦܬܟܪܐ • (pəṯaḵrā) m (plural ܦܬܟܪܐ (pəṯaḵrē), singular feminine counterpart ܦܬܟܪܬܐ)

1. idol, image

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܬܟܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܬܟܪ		1st person	ܦܬܟܪܝ		ܦܬܟܪܢ
	construct	ܦܬܟܪ		2nd person	ܦܬܟܪܟ	ܦܬܟܪܟܝ	ܦܬܟܪܟܘܢ	ܦܬܟܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܬܟܪܐ		3rd person	ܦܬܟܪܗ	ܦܬܟܪܗ	ܦܬܟܪܗܘܢ	ܦܬܟܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܬܟܪܝܢ		1st person	ܦܬܟܪܝ		ܦܬܟܪܝܢ
	construct	ܦܬܟܪܝ		2nd person	ܦܬܟܪܝܟ	ܦܬܟܪܝܟܝ	ܦܬܟܪܝܟܘܢ	ܦܬܟܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܬܟܪܐ		3rd person	ܦܬܟܪܘܗܝ	ܦܬܟܪܝܗ	ܦܬܟܪܝܗܘܢ	ܦܬܟܪܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܦܬܟܪܘܢܐ
• ܦܬܟܪܘܬܐ
• ܦܬܟܪܝܐ
• ܒܝܬ ܦܬܟܪܐ
• ܘܥܕܝ ܦܬܟܪܐ

Descendants

• → Arabic: فِتَكْر (fitakr, “misfortune, formidable thing”)

References

• “ptkr”, 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 296a
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1875) Mandäische Grammatik‎^[1] (in German), Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, pages 26–27
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 471a
• 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 1268a