ܦܘܚܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic פַּוחָא‎ (pawḥā, “air, odour”), from the root ܦ-ܘ-ܚ‎ (p-w-ḥ) related to blowing; compare Arabic فَوْح‎ (fawḥ).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [poːxɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [poːxɑː]
  • (Tyari) IPA(key): [pɑwːxɑː]

Noun

ܦܲܘܚܵܐ • (pawḥā) m (plural ܦܲܘܚܹ̈ܐ (pawḥē))

  1. wind
    ‏ܦܵܘܚܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ.‎‎ ― pawḳa ìleh. ― It is windy (literally, “It is wind.”)
    ‏ܗ݇ܘܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܪܲܥܡܵܐ ܘܒܸܪܩܵܐ، ܦܵܘܚܵܐ ܒܸܡܚܵܝܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܘܡܸܛܪܵܐ ܒܸܫܦܵܟ݂ܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ.‎‎ ― wīleh rāʿma w-birqa, pawḳa bimḳaya ìwa w-miṭra bišpaḳa ìwa. ― There was thunder and lightning, the wind was blowing and the rain was pouring.
    • Matthew 24:31:
    • ‏ܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܐ ܥܘܼܓ̰ܸܒ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܘܐ݇ܡܝܼܪܗܘܿܢ: «ܡܵܢܝܼ ܝܠܹܗ ܐܵܗܵܐ ܕܦܵܘܚܵܐ ܘܝܵܡܵܐ ܒܸܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܝܢܵܐ ܐܸܠܹܗ؟»‎‎
      naše ʿujiblhon w-mirhon: “manī ìleh aha d-pawḳa w-yama bišlama ìna illeh?”
      So the men marveled, saying, “Who can this be, that the wind and the sea obey him?”
  2. air

Declension

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܦ-ܘ-ܚ‎ (p-w-ḥ) related to blowing. Compare Arabic فَوْح‎ (fawḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pawħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [pawħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܘܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܘܚܐ)

  1. air, breath of air, inspiration
  2. smell, odour
  3. force, effect, influence
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܦ-ܘ-ܚ‎ (p-w-ḥ) related to blowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [puħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [puħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܘܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܘܚܐ)

  1. coolness, cold
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [puħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [puħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܘܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܘܚܐ)

  1. Alternative form of ܦܘܗܐ‎
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [puħħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [puħħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܘܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܘܚܐ)

  1. Alternative form of ܦܚܐ‎
Inflection

References

  • “pwḥ”, 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, pp. 270b, 272b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 436b
  • 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. 1161a

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