ܬܕܟܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܕ ܟ ܐ, related to purifying.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [taðˈki.θɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tað.k(ə.)ˈjɑ.θɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܬܕܟܝܬܐ • (taḏkīṯā) f (plural ܬܕܟܝܬܐ)

1. cleansing, purification
2. (religion) expiation
3. excretion
4. (by extension) excrement; dirt, dirtiness

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܕܟܝܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܬܕܟܝ		1st person	ܬܕܟܝܬܝ		ܬܕܟܝܬܢ
	construct	ܬܕܟܝܬ		2nd person	ܬܕܟܝܬܟ	ܬܕܟܝܬܟܝ	ܬܕܟܝܬܟܘܢ	ܬܕܟܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܕܟܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܬܕܟܝܬܗ	ܬܕܟܝܬܗ	ܬܕܟܝܬܗܘܢ	ܬܕܟܝܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܬܕܟܝܢ		1st person	ܬܕܟܝܬܝ		ܬܕܟܝܬܢ
	construct	ܬܕܟܝܬ		2nd person	ܬܕܟܝܬܟ	ܬܕܟܝܬܟܝ	ܬܕܟܝܬܟܘܢ	ܬܕܟܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܕܟܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܬܕܟܝܬܗ	ܬܕܟܝܬܗ	ܬܕܟܝܬܗܘܢ	ܬܕܟܝܬܗܝܢ

References

• “tdky”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-12-31
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 64b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 1624b