ܦܬܚܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܦ ܬ ܚ (p t ḥ)
6 terms

Etymology

Compare Arabic فَتْح (fatḥ) and Hebrew פֶּתַח (pétakh).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [pəθɑːxɑː]

Noun

ܦܬ݂ܵܚܵܐ • (pṯāḥā) m

  1. opening
  2. doorway, gateway
  3. open book; the two pages that are exposed while a book is open
  4. mountain pole
  5. (military) assault, storm
  6. (grammar, orthography) name of a vowel mark equivalent to /a/

Inflection

Coordinate terms

(Vowels) ܙܵܘܥܹ̈ܐ (zāwˁē); ܦܬ݂ܵܚܵܐ (pṯāḥā, a, literally opening), ܙܩܵܦܵܐ (zqāpā, ā, literally erecting), ܙܠܵܡܵܐ ܦܫܝܼܩܵܐ (zlāmā pšīqā, i, e, literally easy slanting), ܙܠܵܡܵܐ ܩܸܫܝܵܐ (zlāmā qišyā, ē, literally hard slanting), ܪܘܵܚܵܐ (rwāḥā, ō, literally expanding), ܪܒ݂ܵܨܵܐ (rḇāṣā, ū, literally pressing), ܚܒ݂ܵܨܵܐ (ḥḇāṣā, ī, literally thronging),

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܦ-ܬ-ܚ (p-t-ḥ) related to opening. Compare Arabic فَتْح (fatḥ) and Hebrew פֶּתַח (péṯaḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [p(ə)θɑħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [p(ə)θɑħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܬܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܬܚܐ)

  1. opening
  2. door, gate
  3. preface, chapter
  4. open book; the two pages that are exposed while a book is open
  5. commencement, institution
  6. mountain pole
  7. (military) assault, storm
  8. (grammar, orthography) name of a vowel mark equivalent to /a/
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܦ-ܬ-ܚ (p-t-ḥ) related to opening.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɛθħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [pɛθħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܬܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܬܚܐ)

  1. opening
  2. explanation
  3. sceptre
Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܦ-ܬ-ܚ (p-t-ḥ) related to opening. Compare Arabic فَاتِح (fātiḥ) and Hebrew פֹּתֵחַ (pōṯēaḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɑθħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [pɑθħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܬܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܬܚܐ)

  1. anything that opens; opener
Inflection

References

  • ptḥ”, 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, p. 295b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 470a-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, p. 1265b
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