ܐܦܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the older form *ܐܒܥܐ (ʾaḇʿā), from *ܥܒܥܐ (ʿaḇʿā), from Proto-Semitic *ṣ́abuʕ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔafʕɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔafʕe] (plural)

Noun

ܐܦܥܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܦܥܐ)

  1. hyena

Usage notes

While the word is normally considered feminine, it may occasionally be masculine when specifically referring to a male.

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܦܥܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܐܦܥ 1st person ܐܦܥܝ ܐܦܥܢ
construct ܐܦܥ 2nd person ܐܦܥܟ ܐܦܥܟܝ ܐܦܥܟܘܢ ܐܦܥܟܝܢ
emphatic ܐܦܥܐ 3rd person ܐܦܥܗ ܐܦܥܗ ܐܦܥܗܘܢ ܐܦܥܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܐܦܥܝܢ 1st person ܐܦܥܝ ܐܦܥܝܢ
construct ܐܦܥܝ 2nd person ܐܦܥܝܟ ܐܦܥܝܟܝ ܐܦܥܝܟܘܢ ܐܦܥܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܐܦܥܐ 3rd person ܐܦܥܘܗܝ ܐܦܥܝܗ ܐܦܥܝܗܘܢ ܐܦܥܝܗܝܢ

References

  • “ˀpˁ”, 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 18a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 26b
  • 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 88b
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