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

    declension of ܬܕܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܬܕ	ܬܕܝܢ
construct	ܬܕ	ܬܕܝ
emphatic	ܬܕܐ	ܬܕܝܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܬܕܝ	ܬܕܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܬܕܟ	ܬܕܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܬܕܟܝ	ܬܕܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܬܕܗ	ܬܕܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܬܕܗ	ܬܕܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܬܕܢ	ܬܕܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܬܕܟܘܢ	ܬܕܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܬܕܟܝܢ	ܬܕܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܬܕܗܘܢ	ܬܕܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܬܕܗܝܢ	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

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܬܕ	ܬܕܝܢ
construct	ܬܕ	ܬܕܝ
emphatic	ܬܕܐ	ܬܕܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܬܕܝ	ܬܕܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܬܕܟ	ܬܕܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܬܕܟܝ	ܬܕܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܬܕܗ	ܬܕܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܬܕܗ	ܬܕܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܬܕܢ	ܬܕܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܬܕܟܘܢ	ܬܕܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܬܕܟܝܢ	ܬܕܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܬܕܗܘܢ	ܬܕܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܬܕܗܝܢ	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