ܡܠܦܢܝܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [mæl.pan.jaːte]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [mæl.pan.yaːθa]

Noun

ܡܲܠܦܵܢܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ • (mālpanyate) f pl

1. feminine plural of ܡܲܠܦܵܢܵܐ (malpānā)

   ܐܲܪܒܥܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܥܸܣܪܵܐ ܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܬܹ̈ܐ ܓܵܘ ܗ̇ܝ ܡܕܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܡܲܠܦܵܢܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ ܝܢܵܐ. ― arbˁā gāw ˁisrā baḵtātē gāw aya mdītā malpānyātē ìnā. ― Four out of ten women in this city are teachers.

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܝ-ܠ-ܦ (y-l-p) related to learning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mal(lə)fɑniθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [mal(lə)fɑnjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܠܦܢܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܠܦܢܝܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܡܠܦܢܐ)

1. one who is learned; teacher, master, schoolmaster, doctor

Inflection

    declension of ܡܠܦܢܝܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܠܦܢܝ	ܡܠܦܢܝܢ
construct	ܡܠܦܢܝܬ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬ
emphatic	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܐ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܝ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܟ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܟܝ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܗ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܗ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܢ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܟܘܢ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܟܝܢ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܗܘܢ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܗܝܢ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܗܝܢ

References

• “mlpny”, 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. 141b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 278b
• 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. 774b