ܬܕܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ṯdʾ (“breast, pap, teat”); compare Classical Syriac ܬܕ݂ܵܐ, Arabic ثَدْي (ṯady), and Hebrew שָׁד (šāḏ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [tɪddaː]

Noun

ܬܸܕܵܐ • (tiddā) m (plural ܬܸܕܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (tiddawāṯā))

1. breast

   Synonym: ܚܸܕ݂ܝܵܐ (ḥiḏyā)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ṯdʾ (“breast, pap, teat”); compare Arabic ثَدْي (ṯady), Hebrew שָׁד (šāḏ).

Alternative forms

• (rare) ܬܕܐܐ (tdʾʾ)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [t(ə.)ˈðɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈtðɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈtðo]

Noun

ܬܕܐ • (təḏā) m (plural ܬܕܝܐ (təḏayyā))

1. (anatomy) breast, pap

Usage notes

This word is masculine, despite the tendency in Semitic languages for body parts that come in pairs to be feminine.

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܕܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܬܕ		1st person	ܬܕܝ		ܬܕܢ
	construct	ܬܕ		2nd person	ܬܕܟ	ܬܕܟܝ	ܬܕܟܘܢ	ܬܕܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܕܐ		3rd person	ܬܕܗ	ܬܕܗ	ܬܕܗܘܢ	ܬܕܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܬܕܝܢ		1st person	ܬܕܝ		ܬܕܝܢ
	construct	ܬܕܝ		2nd person	ܬܕܝܟ	ܬܕܝܟܝ	ܬܕܝܟܘܢ	ܬܕܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܕܝܐ		3rd person	ܬܕܘܗܝ	ܬܕܝܗ	ܬܕܝܗܘܢ	ܬܕܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܚܠܡܬܐ ܕܬܕܐ (ḥəlaməṯā ḏa-ṯəḏā)

Etymology 2

Noun

ܬܕܐ • (tdʾ) m (plural ܬܕܐ (tdʾ))

1. Alternative spelling of ܬܕܐܐ

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܕܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܬܕ		1st person	ܬܕܝ		ܬܕܢ
	construct	ܬܕ		2nd person	ܬܕܟ	ܬܕܟܝ	ܬܕܟܘܢ	ܬܕܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܕܐ		3rd person	ܬܕܗ	ܬܕܗ	ܬܕܗܘܢ	ܬܕܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܬܕܝܢ		1st person	ܬܕܝ		ܬܕܝܢ
	construct	ܬܕܝ		2nd person	ܬܕܝܟ	ܬܕܝܟܝ	ܬܕܝܟܘܢ	ܬܕܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܕܐ		3rd person	ܬܕܘܗܝ	ܬܕܝܗ	ܬܕܝܗܘܢ	ܬܕܝܗܝܢ

References

• “td”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-08-28
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 387b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 605a
• 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 1624a