Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɑlħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [pɑlħe(ʔ)], [pɑlaħwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܠܚܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܦܠܚܘܬܐ or ܦܠܚܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܦܠܚܬܐ)

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

Inflection

Usage notes

Usually, the plural ܦܠܚܐ ‎(pālḥē(ʾ)) is a paucal plural (from two to ten) while the plural ܦܠܚܘܬܐ ‎(pālaḥwāṯā(ʾ)) is a multiple plural (eleven or more).

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pallɑħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [pallɑħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܠܚܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܦܠܚܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܦܠܚܬܐ)

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

Inflection

References

• “plx”, 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