ܦܐܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic פַּאתָא (paʾṯā), from Proto-Semitic *piʔat-; compare Hebrew פֵּאָה (pe'á), Akkadian 𒊕𒆠 (pūtum) Arabic فِئَة (fiʔa, group, band).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [paʔ.θɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [pɑːθɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [pɑːtɑː]

Noun

ܦܲܐܬ݂ܵܐ (paʾṯā) f (plural ܦܲܬ݂̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (paṯwāṯā) or ܦܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (pāṯē))

  1. (anatomy) face
    ܗܲܝܵܐ ܒܪܵܬܵܐ ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܵܗ̇ ܦܲܐܬ݂ܵܐ ܫܲܦܝܼܪܬܵܐ.
    hayā brātā īṯ lāh paʾṯā šapirtā.
    That girl has a pretty face.
  2. cheek
  3. side
  4. page
    Synonym: ܛܲܪܦܵܐ (ṭarpā)
  5. pillow sleeve
  6. (figuratively) audacity

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܦܲܐܬ݂ܵܝܵܐ (paʾṯāyā, facial)
  • ܚܘܵܪܦܲܐܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥwārpaʾṯā, innocent, naive)
  • ܦܲܐܬ݂ܵܢܵܐ (paʾṯānā, audacious)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *piʔat-.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pa(ʔ)θɑ]

Noun

ܦܐܬܐ (paʾṯā) f (plural ܦܐܬܬܐ or ܦܬܘܬܐ or ܦܬܐ)

  1. face (especially forehead and cheeks)
  2. appearance, form
  3. side, edge, corner
  4. page
Inflection
Descendants
  • Turoyo: ܦܳܬ݂ܐ (foṯo)
See also

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pe(ʔ)θɑ]

Noun

ܦܐܬܐ (peʾṯā)

  1. Alternative form of ܦܬܬܐ (pettəṯā)

References

  • pˀh”, 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 268a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 433b
  • 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 1152b
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