ܕܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dʾt' /⁠dāt, dād⁠/, “law, justice”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎫𐎶 (d-a-t-m /⁠dātam⁠/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɑθɑ(ʔ)], [dattɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [dɑθe(ʔ)], [datte(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܕܬܐ • (dāṯāʾ, dattāʾ) f (plural ܕܬܐ)

1. judgement, edict, law

   Synonym: ܕܝܢܐ

Inflection

    inflection of ܕܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܕܬ	ܕܬܝܢ
construct	ܕܬ	ܕܬܝ
emphatic	ܕܬܐ	ܕܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܕܬܝ	ܕܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܕܬܟ	ܕܬܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܕܬܟܝ	ܕܬܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܕܬܗ	ܕܬܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܕܬܗ	ܕܬܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܕܬܢ	ܕܬܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܕܬܟܘܢ	ܕܬܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܕܬܟܝܢ	ܕܬܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܕܬܗܘܢ	ܕܬܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܕܬܗܝܢ	ܕܬܝܗܝܢ

References

• “dt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-08-31
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 71b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 98b
• 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, p. 326b