ܡܘܚܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Inherited from Aramaic מוחא (mūḥā), from Proto-Semitic *muḫḫ- (head; brain; marrow).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [muːxaː]

Noun

ܡܘܼܚܵܐ • (mūḥām

  1. (anatomy) brain
  2. marrow

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 neededm (plural ܡܘܚܐ)

  1. (anatomy) brain; skull
  2. (figuratively) any soft substance inside a hard shell; marrow, fat, egg yolk, etc.
  3. bald head

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܘܚܐ
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

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 • (muḥom

  1. (anatomy) brain