ܦܐܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic פַּאתָא (paʾṯā), from Proto-Semitic *piʔat-; compare Hebrew פֵּאָה (pe'á), Akkadian 𒊕𒆠 (pūtum) and Arabic فِئَة (fiʔa, group, band).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [paʔ.θɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [pɑːθɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [pɑːtɑː]

Noun

ܦܲܐܬ݂ܵܐ • (paˀṯā) f sg (plural ܦܲܬ݂̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (paṯwāṯā) or ܦܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (pāṯē))

  1. (anatomy) face; cheek
    ܗ̇ܝ ܒܪܵܬܵܐ ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܵܗ̇ ܦܲܐܬ݂ܵܐ ܫܲܦܝܼܪܬܵܐ.aya brātā īṯ lāh paˀṯā šapīrtā.That girl has a pretty face.
    ܩܘܿܦܵܐ ܪܒ݂ܝܼܨ ܠܹܗ ܦܲܐܬ݂ܹܗ ܥܲܠ ܣܲܦ̮ܣܹܠܵܐ.qōpā rḇīṣ lēh paˀṯēh ˁal safsēlā.The monkey pressed its face against the railings.
  2. page
  3. surface
  4. (geometry) surface, side
  5. (figuratively) audacity
  6. pillow sleeve

Inflection

Derived terms

Synonyms

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *piʔat-.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pa(ʔ)θɑ]

Noun

ܦܐܬܐ • (paʾṯā) f (plural ܦܐܬܬܐ or ܦܬܘܬܐ or ܦܬܐ)

  1. face (especially forehead and cheeks)
  2. appearance, form
  3. side, edge, corner
  4. page
Inflection
See also

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pe(ʔ)θɑ]

Noun

ܦܐܬܐ • (peʾṯā)

  1. Alternative form of ܦܬܬܐ (pettəṯā)

References

  • pˀh”, 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, page 268a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 433b
  • 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, page 1152b
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