ܚܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ħɛkkɑ]

Etymology 1

From the earlier uncontracted form ܚܸܢܟܿܵܐ (ḥenkā), still preserved in the plural form ܚܸܢܟܼܹܐ (ḥenḵē). Compare Arabic حَنَك (ḥanak) and Hebrew חֵךְ (ḥēḵ).

Alternative forms

(uncontracted form) ܚܘܢܟܐ
(uncontracted form) ܚܢܟܐ

Noun

ܚܸܟܿܵܐ • (ḥekkā) m (plural ܚܸܢܟܼܹܐ (ḥenḵē))

(anatomy) palate; mouth, jaws; throat, larynx
taste (sense)
(pathology) laryngitis

Usage notes

Usually, this word behaves as a masculine noun in the singular and a feminine noun in the plural.

Inflection

Inflection of **ܚܟܐ**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
	state	form	person	m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܚܢܟ	1^st person	ܚܟܝ		ܚܟܢ
	construct	ܚܢܟ	2^nd person	ܚܟܟ	ܚܟܟܝ	ܚܟܟܘܢ	ܚܟܟܝܢ
	emphatic		3^rd person	ܚܟܗ	ܚܟܗ	ܚܟܗܘܢ	ܚܟܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܚܢܟܝܢ	1^st person	ܚܢܟܝ		ܚܢܟܝܢ
	construct	ܚܢܟܝ	2^nd person	ܚܢܟܝܟ	ܚܢܟܝܟܝ	ܚܢܟܝܟܘܢ	ܚܢܟܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܢܟܐ	3^rd person	ܚܢܟܘܗܝ	ܚܢܟܝܗ	ܚܢܟܝܗܘܢ	ܚܢܟܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Noun

ܚܟܐ • (transliteration needed)

absolute singular of ܚܟܬܐ

References

“ḥnk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 26 September 2011
Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 110b
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 141b, 149a
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 472a