ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root ܥ-ܡ-ܕ (ʿ-m-d) related to baptizing; compare Arabic مَعْمُودِيَّة (maʕmūdiyya).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [maʕ.moˈdi.θɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [maʕ.modˈjɑ.θɑ] (plural)

Noun[edit]

ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ (maʿmōdīṯāf (plural ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ)

  1. washing
  2. pond, pool, basin, piscina
  3. (Christianity) baptism
  4. shortened form of ܒܝܬ ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ (bêṯ maʿmōḏīṯā)

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Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Malayalam: മാമോദീസ (māmōdīsa)

References[edit]

  • mˁmwdy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-31
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 255b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 289b
  • 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. 802a-b