ܡܚܫܒܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Active noun of the verb ܡܲܚܫܸܒ݂ (maḥšiḇ, “to purport, claim; to calculate, reckon, compute”); cognate with Arabic مُحَاسِب (muḥāsib), Hebrew חַשָּׁב (khasháv) and רוֹאֵה חֶשְׁבּוֹן (ro'é kheshbón).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [max.ʃəwɑːnɑː]
Noun
ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܵܐ • (maḥšḇānā) m sg (plural ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܹ̈ܐ (maḥšḇānē), feminine ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (maḥšḇānīṯā))
- accountant, bookkeeper
- ܟܹܐ ܦܵܠܚܹܢ ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܵܐ ܓܲܘ ܗܵܢܵܐ ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܐ.
- kē pālḥēn ayḵ maḥšḇānā gaw hānā maḵtḇā.
- I work as an accountant in this office.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢ (maḥšḇān) | 1st person | ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܝܼ (maḥšḇānī) | ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܲܢ (maḥšḇānan) | |||
| construct | ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢ (maḥšḇān) | 2nd person | ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (maḥšḇānōḵ) | ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (maḥšḇānāḵ) | ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (maḥšḇānawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܵܐ (maḥšḇānā) | 3rd person | ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܹܗ (maḥšḇānēh) | ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܵܗ̇ (maḥšḇānāh) | ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܗܘܿܢ (maḥšḇānhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܝܼ̈ܢ (maḥšḇānīn) | 1st person | ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܝܼ̈ (maḥšḇānī) | ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܲܢ̈ (maḥšḇānan) | |||
| construct | ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܲܝ̈ (maḥšḇānay) | 2nd person | ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (maḥšḇānōḵ) | ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (maḥšḇānāḵ) | ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (maḥšḇānawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܹ̈ܐ (maḥšḇānē) | 3rd person | ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (maḥšḇānūh) | ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (maḥšḇānōh) | ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (maḥšḇānayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (maḥšḇānūṯā, “accountancy”)