ܡܕܢܚܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܕ ܢ ܚ (d n ḥ)
8 terms

Inherited from Aramaic מַדנְחָא (maḏnəḥā), noun of place derived from the same root as ܕܸܢܚܵܐ (dinḥā, sunrise) meaning “place of sunrising”; cognate to Hebrew מִזְרָח (mizrákh).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [mað.nəxɑː]
  • (Urmia) IPA(key): [maːdɪn.xɑː]

Noun

ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ • (maḏnḥām (uncountable)

  1. east, orient
    Synonyms: ܡܲܐܣܩܵܢܵܐ (maˀsqānā), ܐܸܣܵܩ ܝܲܘܡܵܐ (issāq yawmā)
    ܒܨܲܦܪܵܐ ܫܸܡܫܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܕܵܢܚܵܐ ܒܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ ܘܒܪܲܡܫܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܥܵܪܒ݂ܵܐ ܒܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ.
    b-ṣaprā šimšā kē dānḥā b-maḏnḥā w-b-ramšā kē ˁārḇā bmaˁrḇā.
    In the morning the sun rises in the east, and in the evening sets in the west.

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute ܡܲܕ݂ܢܲܚ (maḏnaḥ) 1st person ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܝܼ (maḏnḥī) ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܲܢ (maḏnḥan)
construct ܡܲܕ݂ܢܲܚ (maḏnaḥ) 2nd person ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܘܼܟ݂ (maḏnḥōḵ) ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܟ݂ܝ (maḏnḥāḵ) ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (maḏnḥawḵōn)
emphatic ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (maḏnḥā) 3rd person ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܹܗ (maḏnḥēh) ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܗ̇ (maḏnḥāh) ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܗܘܿܢ (maḏnḥhōn)

Coordinate terms

compass points: ܦܸܢ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܫܸܪ̈ܫܵܢܵܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (pinyāṯā širšānāyāṯā):  [edit]

ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (garbē maˁrḇā) ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ (garbyā) ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (garbē maḏnḥā)
ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maˁrḇā) ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (maḏnḥā)
ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (tayman maˁrḇā) ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (taymnā) ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (tayman maḏnḥā)

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Root
ܕ ܢ ܚ
2 terms

Compare Hebrew מִזְרָח (mizrāḥ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mað.n(ə.)ħɑ]

Noun

ܡܕܢܚܐ • (maḏnəḥāc(uncountable)

  1. east, orient
  2. sunrise, eastern sky
  3. east wind

Antonyms

References

  • mdnḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 20 May 2011
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 68a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 253b–254a
  • 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, →ISBN, page 716a