ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܐ
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Classical Syriac
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ܡܣܟܝܢܐ (meskênāʾ, “poor”), from Akkadian 𒈦𒂗𒆕 (muškēnu [MAŠ.EN.KAK]) + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ). Compare Akkadian 𒈦𒂗𒆕𒌓 (/muškēnūtu/, “state of being dependent on others, poverty”), Arabic مَسْكَنَة (maskana) and Hebrew מִסְכֵּנוּת (miskēnûṯ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)
Inflection
[edit] declension of ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܐ
state | singular (uncountable) |
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absolute | ܡܣܟܝܢܘ |
construct | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬ |
emphatic | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܐ |
possessive forms | |
1st c. sg. (my) | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܝ |
2nd m. sg. (your) | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܟ |
2nd f. sg. (your) | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܟܝ |
3rd m. sg. (his) | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܗ |
3rd f. sg. (her) | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܗ |
1st c. pl. (our) | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܢ |
2nd m. pl. (your) | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܟܘܢ |
2nd f. pl. (your) | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܟܝܢ |
3rd m. pl. (their) | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܗܘܢ |
3rd f. pl. (their) | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܗܝܢ |
References
[edit]- “mskynw”, 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. 228b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 285a-b
- 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. 791b