A Syriac Chrestomathy

sources for syriacists

R4 · payne-smith-1903/r4/p270-makikauncertain

lemma

unvoc ܡܟܝܟܐ
voc
translit mkyk'
pos part. adj. (second passive form) of the verb ܡܟ (ܡܟܟ)
gloss_en sunken, low, low-lying, prostrate; metaph. low, lowly, humble, meek
root ܡܟܟ

printed_forms

the plate gives the Peshitta Beatitude in full immediately after the gloss: 'blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth' (Mt. v. 5)

layer

printed Serto (West Syriac letterforms), pointed; points present on the plate but not transcribed — see vocalization_note

vocalization_note

Payne Smith prints this entry in Serto with vowel points, and the points ARE visible on the plate; they are deliberately NOT transcribed here. The project has no control table for this typeface's pointing (the MUFI lesson: never read diacritic codepoints by eye), so voc is left empty and translit is CONSONANTAL ONLY. The consonantal skeleton, the part-of-speech tag and the English gloss are read directly off the plate and are reliable; the vocalisation is the open item for a reader who can control it.

fills_gap_for meek, Lesson 8
uncertain yes

uncertain_note

ܡܟܟܐ is NOT a headword here: Payne Smith files it as the second passive participial form under the verb ܡܟ, whose entry begins earlier on p. 270. The gloss and the Beatitude citation are plate-read on p. 270; the head of the verb entry was not itself read, so the entry's own opening line is unverified.

source

primer payne-smith-1903
page 270
leaf n285
archive_id compendioussyria00payn