ܡܘܚܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic מוחא (mūḥā), from Proto-Semitic *muḫḫ- (“head; brain; marrow”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [muːxaː]
Noun
ܡܘܼܚܵܐ • (mūḥā) m
Inflection
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Aramaic מוחא (mūḥā), from Proto-Semitic *muḫḫ- (“head; brain; marrow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [muħɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [muħe] (plural)
Noun
ܡܘܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܘܚܐ)
- (anatomy) brain; skull
- (figuratively) any soft substance inside a hard shell; marrow, fat, egg yolk, etc.
- bald head
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܘܚ | 1st person | ܡܘܚܝ | ܡܘܚܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܘܚ | 2nd person | ܡܘܚܟ | ܡܘܚܟܝ | ܡܘܚܟܘܢ | ܡܘܚܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܘܚܐ | 3rd person | ܡܘܚܗ | ܡܘܚܗ | ܡܘܚܗܘܢ | ܡܘܚܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܡܘܚܝܢ | 1st person | ܡܘܚܝ | ܡܘܚܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܘܚܝ | 2nd person | ܡܘܚܝܟ | ܡܘܚܝܟܝ | ܡܘܚܝܟܘܢ | ܡܘܚܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܘܚܐ | 3rd person | ܡܘܚܘܗܝ | ܡܘܚܝܗ | ܡܘܚܝܗܘܢ | ܡܘܚܝܗܝܢ | ||
Synonyms
Derived terms
- ܡܘܚܝܐ
- ܒܪܬ ܡܘܚܐ (baṯ mūḥā, “cerebellum”)
References
- “mwḥ”, 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, page 180a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 257a
- 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 723b
Anagrams
Turoyo
Etymology
From Aramaic מוחא (mūḥā), from Proto-Semitic *muḫḫ- (“head; brain; marrow”).
Noun
ܡܘܚܳܐ • (muḥo) m