ܚܘܟܐ
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܐܘܓܐ (ʾawgā) (confused with a word for sumac)
Etymology
Cognate to Arabic حَبَق (ḥabaq, “basil”), and the borrowing Ancient Greek ὤκῐμον (ṓkĭmon, “basil”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈħaw.kɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ˈħaw.ke] (plural)
Noun
ܚܘܟܐ • (ḥawkā) m (plural ܚܘܟܐ (ḥawkē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܚܘܟ | 1st person | ܚܘܟܝ | ܚܘܟܢ | |||
| construct | ܚܘܟ | 2nd person | ܚܘܟܟ | ܚܘܟܟܝ | ܚܘܟܟܘܢ | ܚܘܟܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܚܘܟܐ | 3rd person | ܚܘܟܗ | ܚܘܟܗ | ܚܘܟܗܘܢ | ܚܘܟܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܚܘܟܝܢ | 1st person | ܚܘܟܝ | ܚܘܟܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܚܘܟܝ | 2nd person | ܚܘܟܝܟ | ܚܘܟܝܟܝ | ܚܘܟܝܟܘܢ | ܚܘܟܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܚܘܟܐ | 3rd person | ܚܘܟܘܗܝ | ܚܘܟܝܗ | ܚܘܟܝܗܘܢ | ܚܘܟܝܗܝܢ | ||
Descendants
- → Arabic: حَوْك (ḥawk)
References
- “ḥwk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 22 December 2020
- Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 221a
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[1] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 78 seqq.
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, , pages 151–153
- Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 1221