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 • (tiddām (plural ܬܸܕܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (tiddawāṯā))

  1. breast
    Synonym: ܚܸܕ݂ܝܵܐ (ḥiḏyā)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ṯdʾ (breast, pap, teat); compare Arabic ثَدْي (ṯady), Hebrew שָׁד (šāḏ).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [t(ə.)ˈðɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈtðɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈtðo]

Noun

ܬܕܐ • (təḏām (plural ܬܕܝܐ (təḏayyā))

  1. (anatomy) breast, pap
Usage notes

This word is masculine, despite the tendency in Semitic languages for body parts that come in pairs to be feminine.

Inflection
Inflection of ܬܕܐ
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

Etymology 2

Noun

ܬܕܐ • (tdʾm (plural ܬܕܐ (tdʾ))

  1. alternative spelling of ܬܕܐܐ
Inflection
Inflection of ܬܕܐ
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