ܡܘܚܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Aramaic מוחא (muħɑʔ), from Proto-Semitic *muḫḫ- (“head; brain; marrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [muħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܘܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܘܚܐ)

1. (anatomy) brain; skull
2. (figuratively) any soft substance inside a hard shell; marrow, fat, egg yolk, etc.
3. bald head

Inflection

    inflection of ܡܘܚܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܘܚ	ܡܘܚܝܢ
construct	ܡܘܚ	ܡܘܚܝ
emphatic	ܡܘܚܐ	ܡܘܚܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܘܚܝ	ܡܘܚܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܘܚܟ	ܡܘܚܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܘܚܟܝ	ܡܘܚܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܘܚܗ	ܡܘܚܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܘܚܗ	ܡܘܚܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܘܚܢ	ܡܘܚܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܘܚܟܘܢ	ܡܘܚܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܘܚܟܝܢ	ܡܘܚܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܘܚܗܘܢ	ܡܘܚܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܘܚܗܝܢ	ܡܘܚܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• (skull): ܩܪܩܦܬܐ
• (fat): ܫܘܡܢܐ

Derived terms

• ܡܘܚܝܐ
• ܒܪܬ ܡܘܚܐ (baṯ mūḥā, “cerebellum”)

References

• “mwḥ”, 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. 180a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 257a
• 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. 723b

Anagrams

• ܚܘܡܐ

Turoyo

Etymology

From Aramaic מוחא (muħɑʔ), from Proto-Semitic *muḫḫ- (“head; brain; marrow”).

Noun

ܡܘܚܐ • (muḥo) m

1. (anatomy) brain