ܡܥܝܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Derived from ܥܝܢܐ (ʿaynā(ʾ), “eye; spring”). Compare Arabic مَعِين (maʕīn) and Hebrew מַעְיָן (maʿyān). The sense of "rhombus" is a calque of Arabic مُعَيَّن (muʕayyan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ʕinɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ʕine(ʔ)], [m(ə)ʕinɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܥܝܢܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܥܝܢܬܐ or ܡܥܝܢܐ)

1. fountain, spring, well
2. source
3. (geometry) rhombus

Usage notes

While the word is normally considered feminine, it may rarely occur as masculine.

Inflection

    declension of ܡܥܝܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܥܝܢ	ܡܥܝܢܢ ,ܡܥܝܢܝܢ
construct	ܡܥܝܢ	ܡܥܝܢܬ ,ܡܥܝܢܝ
emphatic	ܡܥܝܢܐ	ܡܥܝܢܬܐ ,ܡܥܝܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܥܝܢܝ	ܡܥܝܢܬܝ ,ܡܥܝܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܥܝܢܟ	ܡܥܝܢܬܟ ,ܡܥܝܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܥܝܢܟܝ	ܡܥܝܢܬܟܝ ,ܡܥܝܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܥܝܢܗ	ܡܥܝܢܬܗ ,ܡܥܝܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܥܝܢܗ	ܡܥܝܢܬܗ ,ܡܥܝܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܥܝܢܢ	ܡܥܝܢܬܢ ,ܡܥܝܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܥܝܢܟܘܢ	ܡܥܝܢܬܟܘܢ ,ܡܥܝܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܥܝܢܟܝܢ	ܡܥܝܢܬܟܝܢ ,ܡܥܝܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܥܝܢܗܘܢ	ܡܥܝܢܬܗܘܢ ,ܡܥܝܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܥܝܢܗܝܢ	ܡܥܝܢܬܗܝܢ ,ܡܥܝܢܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܡܥܝܢܝܐ

References

• “mˁyn”, 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, p. 251b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 288b
• 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. 800b