ܕܝܘܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (daiva-). Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (ŠDYA /dēw/) and Persian دیو (div).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dajwɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [dajwe] (plural)
Noun
ܕܝܘܐ • (daywā) m (plural ܕܝܘܐ (daywē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܕܝܘ | 1st person | ܕܝܘܝ | ܕܝܘܢ | |||
| construct | ܕܝܘ | 2nd person | ܕܝܘܟ | ܕܝܘܟܝ | ܕܝܘܟܘܢ | ܕܝܘܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܕܝܘܐ | 3rd person | ܕܝܘܗ | ܕܝܘܗ | ܕܝܘܗܘܢ | ܕܝܘܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܕܝܘܝܢ | 1st person | ܕܝܘܝ | ܕܝܘܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܕܝܘܝ | 2nd person | ܕܝܘܝܟ | ܕܝܘܝܟܝ | ܕܝܘܝܟܘܢ | ܕܝܘܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܕܝܘܐ | 3rd person | ܕܝܘܘܗܝ | ܕܝܘܝܗ | ܕܝܘܝܗܘܢ | ܕܝܘܝܗܝܢ | ||
Synonyms
- ܫܐܕܐ (šēḏā)
Derived terms
- ܕܝܘܘܬܐ
- ܕܝܘܢ (daywān)
- ܕܝܘܢܘܬܐ (daywānūṯā)
References
- “dywˀ”, 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 63a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) “page?89b”, in A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 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, →ISBN, page 293b