ܡܢܝܘܬܐ
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Classical Syriac [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From ܡܢܝܐ (mannāyā(ʾ), “arithmetician”), from the root ܡ-ܢ-ܐ (IPA: /m-n-ʔ/) related to counting + the abstract noun ending ܘܬܐ- (-ūṯā(ʾ)).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [mannɑjuθɑ(ʔ)], [mɑnɑjuθɑ(ʔ)]
Noun [edit]
ܡܢܝܘܬܐ f (uncountable)
Inflection [edit]
declension of ܡܢܝܘܬܐ
| state | singular (uncountable) |
|---|---|
| absolute | ܡܢܝܘ |
| construct | ܡܢܝܘܬ |
| emphatic | ܡܢܝܘܬܐ |
| possessive forms | |
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܡܢܝܘܬܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܡܢܝܘܬܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܡܢܝܘܬܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܡܢܝܘܬܗ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܡܢܝܘܬܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܡܢܝܘܬܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܡܢܝܘܬܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܡܢܝܘܬܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܡܢܝܘܬܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܡܢܝܘܬܗܝܢ |
Etymology 2 [edit]
From the interrogative pronoun ܡܢܐ (mānā(ʾ), “what?”) + the abstract noun ending ܘܬܐ- (-ūṯā(ʾ)).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [mɑnɑjuθɑ(ʔ)]
Noun [edit]
ܡܢܝܘܬܐ f (uncountable)
Inflection [edit]
declension of ܡܢܝܘܬܐ
| state | singular (uncountable) |
|---|---|
| absolute | ܡܢܝܘ |
| construct | ܡܢܝܘܬ |
| emphatic | ܡܢܝܘܬܐ |
| possessive forms | |
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܡܢܝܘܬܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܡܢܝܘܬܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܡܢܝܘܬܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܡܢܝܘܬܗ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܡܢܝܘܬܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܡܢܝܘܬܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܡܢܝܘܬܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܡܢܝܘܬܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܡܢܝܘܬܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܡܢܝܘܬܗܝܢ |
References [edit]
- "mnyw" in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
- Louis Costaz, Syriac-English Dictionary, 1963, p. 187b
- Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902, p. 281b
- Michael Sokoloff, A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, 2009, p. 782b
