ܦܟܐ

Compare Classical Syriac ܦܟܝܗܐ (pakkīhā).

• IPA^(key): [paːxaː]

ܦܵܟ݂ܵܐ • (pāḵā) (feminine ܦܵܟ݂ܬܵܐ (pāḵtā), plural ܦܵܟ݂ܹ̈ܐ (pāḵē))

1. (of food) bland, tasteless, without flavor

   Antonym: ܡܲܪ ܛܲܥܡܵܐ (mar ṭaˁmā)

2. (of a person or their speech or actions) meaningless, pointless, stupid

ܦܵܟ݂ܵܐ • (pāḵā) m (plural ܦܵܟ݂ܹ̈ܐ (pāḵē), feminine ܦܵܟ݂ܬܵܐ (pāḵtā))

1. person that says meaningless talk or performs meaningless actions

• ܦܓܐ

Compare Arabic فَكّ (fakk, “jaw”) and Hebrew פַּךְ (paḵ, “jar, jug”).

• IPA^(key): [pakkɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [pakke] (plural)

ܦܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܟܐ)

1. slap, smack, blow, buffet
2. outstretched tooth, tusk
3. (anatomy) jaw; maxilla, jawbone; cheek, cheekbone
4. (figuratively) side of an altar

• “pk”, 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 275a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 445a
• 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 1190a