ܘܥܕܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܘ-ܥ-ܕ (w-ʿ-d) related to appointing. Compare Arabic وَعْد (waʕd) and Hebrew וַעַד (waʿaḏ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [waʕdɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [waʕde(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܘܥܕܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܘܥܕܐ)

  1. appointed time, appointment
  2. appointed sign, signal, mark
  3. appointed place, rendezvous
  4. promise, pledge, agreement
  5. space, boundary, approach
  6. refuge, asylum
  7. limited space
  8. promise, pledge, agreement, pact
  9. charge, commission
  10. expiry, death, end

Inflection
    inflection of ܘܥܕܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܘܥܕ ܘܥܕܝܢ
construct ܘܥܕ ܘܥܕܝ
emphatic ܘܥܕܐ ܘܥܕܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܘܥܕܝ ܘܥܕܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܘܥܕܟ ܘܥܕܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܘܥܕܟܝ ܘܥܕܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܘܥܕܗ ܘܥܕܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܘܥܕܗ ܘܥܕܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܘܥܕܢ ܘܥܕܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܘܥܕܟܘܢ ܘܥܕܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܘܥܕܟܝܢ ܘܥܕܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܘܥܕܗܘܢ ܘܥܕܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܘܥܕܗܝܢ ܘܥܕܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “wˁd”, 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. 82a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 108b
  • 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. 359a-b
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