ܬܕܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ṯdʾ (“breast, pap, teat”); compare Classical Syriac ܬܕ݂ܵܐ, Arabic ثَدْي (ṯady), and Hebrew שָׁד (šāḏ).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [tɪddaː]
Noun
ܬܸܕܵܐ • (tiddā) m (plural ܬܸܕܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (tiddawāṯā))
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
From Proto-Semitic *ṯdʾ (“breast, pap, teat”); compare Arabic ثَدْي (ṯady), Hebrew שָׁד (šāḏ).
Alternative forms
- (rare) ܬܕܐܐ (tdʾʾ)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [t(ə.)ˈðɑ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈtðɑ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈtðo]
Noun
ܬܕܐ • (təḏā) m (plural ܬܕܝܐ (təḏayyā))
Usage notes
This word is masculine, despite the tendency in Semitic languages for body parts that come in pairs to be feminine.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܬܕ | 1st person | ܬܕܝ | ܬܕܢ | |||
| construct | ܬܕ | 2nd person | ܬܕܟ | ܬܕܟܝ | ܬܕܟܘܢ | ܬܕܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | 3rd person | ܬܕܗ | ܬܕܗ | ܬܕܗܘܢ | ܬܕܗܝܢ | |||
| plural | absolute | ܬܕܝܢ | 1st person | ܬܕܝ | ܬܕܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܬܕܝ | 2nd person | ܬܕܝܟ | ܬܕܝܟܝ | ܬܕܝܟܘܢ | ܬܕܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܬܕܝܐ | 3rd person | ܬܕܘܗܝ | ܬܕܝܗ | ܬܕܝܗܘܢ | ܬܕܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
- ܚܠܡܬܐ ܕܬܕܐ (ḥəlaməṯā ḏa-ṯəḏā)
Etymology 2
Noun
ܬܕܐ • (tdʾ) m (plural ܬܕܐ (tdʾ))
- alternative spelling of ܬܕܐܐ
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܬܕ | 1st person | ܬܕܝ | ܬܕܢ | |||
| construct | ܬܕ | 2nd person | ܬܕܟ | ܬܕܟܝ | ܬܕܟܘܢ | ܬܕܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܬܕܐ | 3rd person | ܬܕܗ | ܬܕܗ | ܬܕܗܘܢ | ܬܕܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܬܕܝܢ | 1st person | ܬܕܝ | ܬܕܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܬܕܝ | 2nd person | ܬܕܝܟ | ܬܕܝܟܝ | ܬܕܝܟܘܢ | ܬܕܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܬܕܐ | 3rd person | ܬܕܘܗܝ | ܬܕܝܗ | ܬܕܝܗܘܢ | ܬܕܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “td”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 28 August 2012
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 387b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 605a
- 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 1624a