ܬܕܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ܬܕܐ (təḏām (plural ܬܕܝܐ (təḏayyā))

  1. (anatomy) breast, pap
Usage notes[edit]

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

Inflection[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

ܬܕܐ (tdʾm (plural ܬܕܐ (tdʾ))

  1. Alternative spelling of ܬܕܐܐ
Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  • td”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-08-28
  • 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, page 1624a