ܦܘܚܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܦ ܘ ܚ (p w ḥ)
2 terms

Etymology

From Aramaic פַּוחָא (pawḥā, air, odour); compare Arabic فَوْح (fawḥ).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [poːxɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [poːxa]
  • (Tyari) IPA(key): [pawxɑː]

Noun

ܦܵܘܚܵܐ • (pāwḥā) m sg (plural ܦܵܘܚܹ̈ܐ (pāwḥē))

  1. wind
    Synonym: ܡܲܫܒ݂ܵܐ (mašḇā)
    ܦܵܘܚܵܐ ܝܠܹܗpāwḥā ìlēhIt is windy (literally, “It is wind”)
    • Matthew 24:31:
      ܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܐ ܥܘܼܓ̰ܸܒ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܘܐ݇ܡܝܼܪܗܘܿܢ: «ܡܵܢܝܼ ܝܠܹܗ ܐܵܗܵܐ ܕܦܵܘܚܵܐ ܘܝܵܡܵܐ ܒܸܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܝܢܵܐ ܐܸܠܹܗ؟»
      nāšē ˁūjib lhōn w-mīrhōn: “mānī ìlēh āhā d-pāwḥā w-yāmā bišlāmā ìnā illēh?
      So the men marveled, saying, “Who can this be, that the wind and the sea obey him?”
  2. air
    Synonyms: ܗܵܘܵܐ (hāwā), ܐܵܐܲܪ (āˀar)
  3. coolness, cold
    Synonym: ܩܲܪܬܵܐ (qartā)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܦܵܘܚܵܢܵܐ (pāwḥānā, windy)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܦ-ܘ-ܚ (p-w-ḥ) related to blowing. Compare Arabic فَوْح (fawḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pawħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [pawħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܘܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܘܚܐ)

  1. air, breath of air, inspiration
  2. smell, odour
  3. force, effect, influence
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܦ-ܘ-ܚ (p-w-ḥ) related to blowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [puħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [puħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܘܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܘܚܐ)

  1. coolness, cold
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [puħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [puħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܘܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܘܚܐ)

  1. Alternative form of ܦܘܗܐ
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [puħħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [puħħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܘܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܘܚܐ)

  1. Alternative form of ܦܚܐ
Inflection

References

  • pwḥ”, 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, pp. 270b, 272b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 436b
  • 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. 1161a

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