ܟܘܕܢܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒀲𒄊𒉣𒈾 (/⁠kūdanu⁠/) and Arabic كَوْدَن (kawdan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koðantɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [koðnɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܟܘܕܢܬܐ • (kōḏantā) f (plural ܟܘܕܢܬܐ (kōḏnāṯā), singular masculine counterpart ܟܘܕܢܝܐ (kōḏanyā))

1. mule
2. mole, mound
3. siege instrument, battering ram

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܘܕܢܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܘܕܢܐ		1st person	ܟܘܕܢܬܝ		ܟܘܕܢܬܢ
	construct	ܟܘܕܢܬ		2nd person	ܟܘܕܢܬܟ	ܟܘܕܢܬܟܝ	ܟܘܕܢܬܟܘܢ	ܟܘܕܢܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܘܕܢܬܐ		3rd person	ܟܘܕܢܬܗ	ܟܘܕܢܬܗ	ܟܘܕܢܬܗܘܢ	ܟܘܕܢܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܟܘܕܢܢ		1st person	ܟܘܕܢܬܢ		ܟܘܕܢܬܢ
	construct	ܟܘܕܢܬ		2nd person	ܟܘܕܢܬܟ	ܟܘܕܢܬܟܝ	ܟܘܕܢܬܟܘܢ	ܟܘܕܢܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܘܕܢܬܐ		3rd person	ܟܘܕܢܬܗ	ܟܘܕܢܬܗ	ܟܘܕܢܬܗܘܢ	ܟܘܕܢܬܗܝܢ

Descendants

• Arabic: كَوْدَن (kawdan)

References

• “kwdnh”, 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, pages 152a–b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 207a
• 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, →ISBN, pages 603b–604a