ܦܕܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Aramaic [Term?]. A culture word possibly ultimately Derived from Hittite pattali (“fetter”) or Akkadian [script needed] (padānu, “road, way”). Compare Classical Syriac ܦܲܕܵܢܵܐ (paddānā).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [pðaː.naː.]
• (Barwar) IPA^(key): [pθaːna]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [bðaːna]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ptaːna]

Noun

ܦܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ • (pḏānā) m sg (plural ܦܕ݂ܵܢܹ̈ܐ (pḏānē))

1. plough/plow
2. pair, yoke (of oxen or other draught animals)
3. field, acre, feddan

Classical Syriac

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paddɑnɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [paddɑne] (plural)

Noun

ܦܕܢܐ • (paddānā) f (plural ܦܕܢܐ (paddānē))

1. plough/plow
2. yoke (of oxen)
3. field
4. acre, feddan

Inflection

    inflection of ܦܕܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܦܕܢ	ܦܕܢܝܢ
construct	ܦܕܢ	ܦܕܢܝ
emphatic	ܦܕܢܐ	ܦܕܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܦܕܢܝ	ܦܕܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܦܕܢܟ	ܦܕܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܦܕܢܟܝ	ܦܕܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܦܕܢܗ	ܦܕܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܦܕܢܗ	ܦܕܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܦܕܢܢ	ܦܕܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܦܕܢܟܘܢ	ܦܕܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܦܕܢܟܝܢ	ܦܕܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܦܕܢܗܘܢ	ܦܕܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܦܕܢܗܝܢ	ܦܕܢܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• Arabic: فَدّان (faddān)

References

• “pdn”, 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 270a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 434b
• 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 1157a