ܡܝܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Hebrew מִין (mîn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmi.nɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ˈmi.ne] (plural)

Noun

ܡܝܢܐ • (mīnā) m (plural ܡܝܢܐ)

1. race, stock, family

Inflection

    inflection of ܡܝܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܝܢ	ܡܝܢܝܢ
construct	ܡܝܢ	ܡܝܢܝ
emphatic	ܡܝܢܐ	ܡܝܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܝܢܝ	ܡܝܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܝܢܟ	ܡܝܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܝܢܟܝ	ܡܝܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܝܢܗ	ܡܝܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܝܢܗ	ܡܝܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܝܢܢ	ܡܝܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܝܢܟܘܢ	ܡܝܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܝܢܟܝܢ	ܡܝܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܝܢܗܘܢ	ܡܝܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܝܢܗܝܢ	ܡܝܢܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From ܡܝܐ (mayyā, “water”) + the adjectival ending ܢܐ- (-ānā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [majˈjɑ.nɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [majˈjɑ.ne] (plural)

Adjective

ܡܝܢܐ • (mayyānā) m (plural ܡܝܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܡܝܢܝܬܐ)

1. watery, aqueous

Inflection

Irregular feminine forms with a Yodh following Noon.

    declension of ܡܝܢܐ

masculine	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܝܢ	ܡܝܢܝܢ
construct	ܡܝܢ	ܡܝܢܝ
emphatic	ܡܝܢܐ	ܡܝܢܐ
feminine	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܝܢܝ	ܡܝܢܝܢ
construct	ܡܝܢܝܬ	ܡܝܢܝܬ
emphatic	ܡܝܢܝܬܐ	ܡܝܢܝܬܐ

Derived terms

• ܡܝܢܘܬܐ (mayyānūṯā)
• ܡܝܢܝܐ (mayyānāyā)
• ܡܝܢܝܘܬܐ (mayyānāyūṯā)

References

• “myn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-10-09
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 181b, 182a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 269b
• 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. 753a