ܪܩܕܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܪ-ܩ-ܕ related to dancing. Compare Arabic رَقَّاصَة (raqqāṣa) and Hebrew רֹקֵדָה (rōqēḏ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [raqqɑðtɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [raqqɑðɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܪܩܕܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܪܩܕܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܪܩܕܐ)

1. dancer, mime

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܩܕܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܪܩܕܐ		1st person	ܪܩܕܬܝ		ܪܩܕܬܢ
	construct	ܪܩܕܬ		2nd person	ܪܩܕܬܟ	ܪܩܕܬܟܝ	ܪܩܕܬܟܘܢ	ܪܩܕܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܩܕܬܐ		3rd person	ܪܩܕܬܗ	ܪܩܕܬܗ	ܪܩܕܬܗܘܢ	ܪܩܕܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܪܩܕܢ		1st person	ܪܩܕܬܢ		ܪܩܕܬܢ
	construct	ܪܩܕܬ		2nd person	ܪܩܕܬܟ	ܪܩܕܬܟܝ	ܪܩܕܬܟܘܢ	ܪܩܕܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܩܕܬܐ		3rd person	ܪܩܕܬܗ	ܪܩܕܬܗ	ܪܩܕܬܗܘܢ	ܪܩܕܬܗܝܢ

References

• “rqd”, 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. 352b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 549b
• 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. 1488b