ܦܘܠܚܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܦ-ܠ-ܚ (p-l-ḥ) related to working. Compare Hebrew פֻּלְחָן (pulḥān).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pulħɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [pulħɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܘܠܚܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܘܠܚܢܐ)

  1. ploughing, tillage, husbandry, cultivation
  2. tilled fields
  3. (collectively) farmers
  4. service, labour, work, occupation, task
  5. fabrication
  6. day's work
  7. (collectively) servants
  8. exercise, practice
  9. (military) army
  10. apportionment
  11. worship, devotion
  12. service, rite
  13. parchment
  14. cloth, linen

Inflection
    inflection of ܦܘܠܚܢܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܦܘܠܚܢ ܦܘܠܚܢܝܢ
construct ܦܘܠܚܢ ܦܘܠܚܢܝ
emphatic ܦܘܠܚܢܐ ܦܘܠܚܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܦܘܠܚܢܝ ܦܘܠܚܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܦܘܠܚܢܟ ܦܘܠܚܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܦܘܠܚܢܟܝ ܦܘܠܚܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܦܘܠܚܢܗ ܦܘܠܚܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܦܘܠܚܢܗ ܦܘܠܚܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܦܘܠܚܢܢ ܦܘܠܚܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܦܘܠܚܢܟܘܢ ܦܘܠܚܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܦܘܠܚܢܟܝܢ ܦܘܠܚܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܦܘܠܚܢܗܘܢ ܦܘܠܚܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܦܘܠܚܢܗܝܢ ܦܘܠܚܢܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “pwlḥn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-11
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 277a-b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 437a-b
  • 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, pp. 1163b-1164a
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