ܡܘܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Aramaic מַוְתָא (mawṯā), from Proto-Semitic *mawut-; cognate with Arabic مَوْت (mawt), Hebrew מָוֶת (mávet), Akkadian 𒍗 (mūtu, [ÚŠ]), and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎚 (mt).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [mawtaː]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [moːθa]
Noun
ܡܵܘܬܵܐ • (māwtā) m (plural ܡܵܘܬܹ̈ܐ (māwtē))
- death (the cessation of life and all associated processes)
- ܡܘܼܚܸܒܵܟ݂ܝ ܠܹܗ ܡ̣ܢ ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܗܲܠ ܡܵܘܬܵܐ. ― He loved you from life until death.
- ܡܲܘܬܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܨܒ݂ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܟܠ ܡܸܣܟܹܝܢܐ ܘܟܠ ܥܲܬܝܼܪܵܐ ܒܸܕ ܐܵܪܸܥ
- mawtā ìlēh ṣḇūṯā dkul miskēnā w-kul ˁatīrā bid āriˁ
- Death is a matter that every poor man and every rich man will meet.
- a death
- Synonym: ܡܝܵܬ݂ܬܵܐ (myāṯtā)
- ܡܲܘܬܵܐ ܕܒܲܟ݂ܬܹܗ ܟܸܡ ܫܵܒ݂ܸܩ ܠܹܗ ܕܡܓܲܠܘܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܢܲܦ̮ܫܹܗ ܡܸܢ ܥܵܠܡܵܐ
- mawtā dbaḵtēh kim šāḇiq lēh dmgalwē lāh nafšēh min ˁālmā
- The death of his wife caused him to exile himself from the world.
- way of dying, cause of death
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܵܘܬ (māwt) | 1st person | ܡܵܘܬܝܼ (māwtī) | ܡܵܘܬܲܢ (māwtan) | |||
| construct | ܡܵܘܬ (māwt) | 2nd person | ܡܵܘܬܘܼܟ݂ (māwtōḵ) | ܡܵܘܬܵܟ݂ܝ (māwtāḵ) | ܡܵܘܬܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (māwtawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܵܘܬܵܐ (māwtā) | 3rd person | ܡܵܘܬܹܗ (māwtēh) | ܡܵܘܬܵܗ̇ (māwtāh) | ܡܵܘܬܗܘܿܢ (māwthōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܡܵܘܬܝܼ̈ܢ (māwtīn) | 1st person | ܡܵܘܬܝܼ̈ (māwtī) | ܡܵܘܬܲܢ̈ (māwtan) | |||
| construct | ܡܵܘܬܲܝ̈ (māwtay) | 2nd person | ܡܵܘܬܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (māwtōḵ) | ܡܵܘܬܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (māwtāḵ) | ܡܵܘܬܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (māwtawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܵܘܬܹ̈ܐ (māwtē) | 3rd person | ܡܵܘܬܘܼ̈ܗܝ (māwtūh) | ܡܵܘܬܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (māwtōh) | ܡܵܘܬܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (māwtayhōn) | |||
Antonyms
Derived terms
- ܡܲܘܬܵܢܵܐ (mawtānā, “deadly”)
- ܡܲܘܬܵܢܵܝܵܐ (mawtānāyā, “of death”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܡ ܘ ܬ related to dying, from Proto-Semitic *mawut-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒍗 (mūtu, [ÚŠ]), Arabic مَوْت (mawt), Hebrew מָוֶת (māweṯ), and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎚 (mt).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mawtɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [mawte] (plural)
Noun
ܡܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܘܬܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܘܬ | 1st person | ܡܘܬܝ | ܡܘܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܘܬ | 2nd person | ܡܘܬܟ | ܡܘܬܟܝ | ܡܘܬܟܘܢ | ܡܘܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܘܬܐ | 3rd person | ܡܘܬܗ | ܡܘܬܗ | ܡܘܬܗܘܢ | ܡܘܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܡܘܬܝܢ | 1st person | ܡܘܬܝ | ܡܘܬܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܘܬܝ | 2nd person | ܡܘܬܝܟ | ܡܘܬܝܟܝ | ܡܘܬܝܟܘܢ | ܡܘܬܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܘܬܐ | 3rd person | ܡܘܬܘܗܝ | ܡܘܬܝܗ | ܡܘܬܝܗܘܢ | ܡܘܬܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “mwt”, 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 179b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 260b
- 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 731b