ܡܟܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Akkadian 𒃻𒋻 (miksu [NIG₂.KUD]). Compare Arabic مَكْس (maks) and Hebrew מֶכֶס (méḵes).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maxsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [maxse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܟܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܟܣܐ)

1. impost, tribute, toll, tax
2. auction

Inflection

    inflection of ܡܟܣܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܟܣ	ܡܟܣܝܢ
construct	ܡܟܣ	ܡܟܣܝ
emphatic	ܡܟܣܐ	ܡܟܣܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܟܣܝ	ܡܟܣܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܟܣܟ	ܡܟܣܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܟܣܟܝ	ܡܟܣܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܟܣܗ	ܡܟܣܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܟܣܗ	ܡܟܣܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܟܣܢ	ܡܟܣܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܟܣܟܘܢ	ܡܟܣܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܟܣܟܝܢ	ܡܟܣܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܟܣܗܘܢ	ܡܟܣܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܟܣܗܝܢ	ܡܟܣܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: մաքս (makʻs)

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Akkadian 𒂗𒆬 (mākisu [EN.KU₃]). Compare Arabic مَاكِس (mākis) and Hebrew מוֹכֵס (môḵēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɑxsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [mɑxse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܟܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܟܣܐ)

1. custom house officer, tax collector, publican

Inflection

    inflection of ܡܟܣܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܟܣ	ܡܟܣܝܢ
construct	ܡܟܣ	ܡܟܣܝ
emphatic	ܡܟܣܐ	ܡܟܣܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܟܣܝ	ܡܟܣܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܟܣܟ	ܡܟܣܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܟܣܟܝ	ܡܟܣܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܟܣܗ	ܡܟܣܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܟܣܗ	ܡܟܣܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܟܣܢ	ܡܟܣܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܟܣܟܘܢ	ܡܟܣܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܟܣܟܝܢ	ܡܟܣܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܟܣܗܘܢ	ܡܟܣܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܟܣܗܝܢ	ܡܟܣܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܒܝܬ ܡܟܣܐ
• ܡܟܣܘܬܐ

Further reading

• “mks”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-26
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մաքս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 292ab
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 182b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 272a
• 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 760ab