ܡܐܟܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܡܐܟܢܐ (mēkannē) reborrowed through Latin māchina, from Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [mɑʔːkeːnɑː]

Noun

ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܐ • (mākēnā) f sg (plural ܡܵܐܟܹܢܹ̈ܐ (mākēnē))

1. machine, device, engine

   Synonyms: ܣܩܹܘܵܐ (sqēwā), ܡܵܐܢܵܐ (mānā), ܟܸܪܟ݂ܵܢܵܐ (kirḵānā)

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܐ (mākēnā)

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܡܵܐܟܹܢܝܼ (mākēnī)		ܡܵܐܟܹܢܲܢ (mākēnan)
	construct	ܡܵܐܟܹܢ (mākēn)	2nd person	ܡܵܐܟܹܢܘܼܟ݂ (mākēnūḵ)	ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܟ݂ܝ (mākēnāḵ)	ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (mākēnāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܐ (mākēnā)	3rd person	ܡܵܐܟܹܢܹܗ (mākēnēh)	ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܗ̇ (mākēnāh)	ܡܵܐܟܹܢܗܘܿܢ (mākēnhōn)
plural	absolute	–	1st person	ܡܵܐܟܹܢܝܼ̈ (mākēnī)		ܡܵܐܟܹܢܲܢ̈ (mākēnan)
	construct	ܡܵܐܟܹܢܲܝ̈ (mākēnay)	2nd person	ܡܵܐܟܹܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (mākēnūḵ)	ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (mākēnāḵ)	ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (mākēnāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܡܵܐܟܹܢܹ̈ܐ (mākēnē)	3rd person	ܡܵܐܟܹܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (mākēnūh)	ܡܵܐܟܹܢ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (mākēnōh)	ܡܵܐܟܹܢܗ̈ܘܿܢ (mākēnhōn)

Derived terms

• ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܝܵܐ (mākēnāyā, “mechanical”)
• ܦܵܠܹܚ ܡܵܐܟܹܢܹ̈ܐ (pālēḥ mākēnē, “mechanic”)
• ܡܲܚܵܪܘܼܬ ܡܵܐܟܹܢܹ̈ܐ (maḥḥārūt mākēnē, “mechanical engineering”)
• ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܐ ܡܡܲܣܝܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ (mākēnā mmasyānītā, “washing machine”)
• ܡܵܐܟܹܢ ܒܸܨܝܵܢܵܐ (mākēn biṣyānā, “search engine”)
• ܡܵܐܟܹܢ ܫܲܦܵܪܘܼܬܵܐ (mākēn šappārūtā, “sewing machine”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mekanne]

Noun

ܡܐܟܢܐ • (mēkannē) f (plural ܡܐܟܢܘܬܐ or ܡܝܟܢܣ or ܡܐܟܢܣ or ܡܗܟܢܐܣ or ܡܟܗܢܐܣ or ܡܐܟܢܘܣ or ܡܐܟܝܢܘܣ)

1. machine, device, engine
2. siege engine
3. deceit, fraud
4. stratagem
5. (agriculture) irrigation
6. (by extension) irrigated land

References

• “mˀkn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 247a,
• 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, page 701b