ܦܪܚܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܦ-ܪ-ܚ (p-r-ḥ) related to flying. Compare Arabic فَرْخَة (farḵa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɑraħ(ə)θɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [pɑrħɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܦܪܚܬܐ • (pāraḥtā) f (plural ܦܪܚܬܐ (pārḥātā))

  1. any flying creature; bird, insect
  2. (collectively) birds, Aves
  3. (dialectal) dove
  4. (architecture) top plate

Inflection

References

  • prḥh”, 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 287b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 460a
  • 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 1236b
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