Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɑlħ(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [pɑlħɑθɑ(ʔ)], [pɑlaħwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܠܚܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܦܠܚܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܦܠܚܐ)

1. servant, attendant, agent, minister
2. artisan
3. (military) soldier
4. worker, peasant
5. vintner
6. worshipper

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܦ-ܠ-ܚ ‎(p-l-ḥ) related to working.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pallɑħtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [pallɑħɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܠܚܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܦܠܚܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܦܠܚܐ)

1. worker
2. tiller, cultivator, farmer, agriculturalist
3. vintner, vinedresser
4. worshipper

Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܦ-ܠ-ܚ ‎(p-l-ḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p(ə)laħ(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [palħɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܠܚܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܦܠܚܬܐ)

1. kind of plaster

Inflection

References

• “plx”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “plxh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 277a, b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 448a
• 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, pp. 1197b-1198a, b