ܟܪܟܕܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Persian کرگدن (kargadan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kark(ə)ðɑnɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kark(ə)ðɑne] (plural)

Noun

ܟܪܟܕܢܐ • (karkǝḏānām (plural ܟܪܟܕܢܐ)

  1. rhinoceros
  2. (figuratively, animal anatomy) horn

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܪܟܕܢܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܟܪܟܕܢ 1st person ܟܪܟܕܢܝ ܟܪܟܕܢܢ
construct ܟܪܟܕܢ 2nd person ܟܪܟܕܢܟ ܟܪܟܕܢܟܝ ܟܪܟܕܢܟܘܢ ܟܪܟܕܢܟܝܢ
emphatic ܟܪܟܕܢܐ 3rd person ܟܪܟܕܢܗ ܟܪܟܕܢܗ ܟܪܟܕܢܗܘܢ ܟܪܟܕܢܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܟܪܟܕܢܝܢ 1st person ܟܪܟܕܢܝ ܟܪܟܕܢܝܢ
construct ܟܪܟܕܢܝ 2nd person ܟܪܟܕܢܝܟ ܟܪܟܕܢܝܟܝ ܟܪܟܕܢܝܟܘܢ ܟܪܟܕܢܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܟܪܟܕܢܐ 3rd person ܟܪܟܕܢܘܗܝ ܟܪܟܕܢܝܗ ܟܪܟܕܢܝܗܘܢ ܟܪܟܕܢܝܗܝܢ

References

  • krkdn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 227b
  • 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 654b