ܬܕܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܬܕܐ • (təḏā) m (plural ܬܕܝܐ‎ (təḏayyā))

  1. (anatomy) breast, pap
Usage notes

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

Inflection
Derived terms

Noun

ܬܕܐ • (tdʾ) m (plural ܬܕܐ (tdʾ))

  1. Alternative spelling of ܬܕܐܐ‎
Inflection

References

  • “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
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