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
Noun
ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ • (maḏnḥā) m (uncountable)
- 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
| 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
- ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ ܡܸܨܥܵܝܵܐ (maḏnḥā miṣˁāyā, “Middle East”)
- ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (maḏnḥāˀīṯ, “easternly”)
- ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (maḏnḥāyūṯā, “easternness”)
- ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܝܵܐ (maḏnḥāyā, “eastern, oriental”)
- ܥܹܕܬܵܐ ܕܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (ˁēdtā dmaḏnḥā, “Church of the East”)
- ܦܵܘܚܵܐ ܕܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (pāwḥā dmaḏnḥā, “east wind”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܕ ܢ ܚ |
| 2 terms |
Compare Hebrew מִזְרָח (mizrāḥ)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mað.n(ə.)ħɑ]
Noun
ܡܕܢܚܐ • (maḏnəḥā) c(uncountable)
Antonyms
- ܡܥܪܒܐ (maʿrəḇā)
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