ܚܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ħɛkkɑ(ʔ)]

Etymology 1

From the earlier uncontracted form ܚܸܢܟܿܵܐ‎ (ḥenkā), still preserved in the plural form ܚܸܢܟܼܹܐ‎ (ḥenḵē). Compare Arabic حَنَك‎ (ḥanak) and Hebrew חֵךְ‎ (ḥēḵ).

Alternative forms

(uncontracted form) ܚܘܢܟܐ‎
(uncontracted form) ܚܢܟܐ‎

Noun

ܚܸܟܿܵܐ • (ḥekkā) m (plural ܚܸܢܟܼܹܐ‎ (ḥenḵē))

(anatomy) palate; mouth, jaws; throat, larynx
taste (sense)
(pathology) laryngitis

Usage notes

Usually, this word behaves as a masculine noun in the singular and a feminine noun in the plural.

Inflection

declension of ܚܟܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܚܢܟ‎	ܚܢܟܝܢ‎
construct	ܚܢܟ‎	ܚܢܟܝ‎
emphatic	ܚܟܐ	ܚܢܟܐ‎
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܚܟܝ‎	ܚܢܟܝ‎
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܚܟܟ‎	ܚܢܟܝܟ‎
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܚܟܟܝ‎	ܚܢܟܝܟܝ‎
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܚܟܗ‎	ܚܢܟܘܗܝ‎
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܚܟܗ‎	ܚܢܟܝܗ‎
1st c. pl. (our)	ܚܟܢ‎	ܚܢܟܝܢ‎
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܚܟܟܘܢ‎	ܚܢܟܝܟܘܢ‎
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܚܟܟܝܢ‎	ܚܢܟܝܟܝܢ‎
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܚܟܗܘܢ‎	ܚܢܟܝܗܘܢ‎
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܚܟܗܝܢ‎	ܚܢܟܝܗܝܢ‎

Noun

ܚܟܐ • (transliteration needed)

absolute singular of ܚܟܬܐ‎

References

“ḥnk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-26
Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 110b
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 141b, 149a
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. 472a