ܡܙܡܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Iranian; compare Old Armenian բազմակ (bazmak).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈmaz.m(ə.)xɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈmaz.mxɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈmɑz.mxo]

Noun

ܡܙܡܟܐ • (mazməḵā) m (plural ܡܙܡܟܐ (mazməḵē))

  1. lamp, oil lamp
  2. lower saucer or base of a lamp; lampstand
  3. candle snuffer, snuff-dish
    • Peshitta, Exodus 25:38:
      ܘܥܒܕ ܡܠܩܛܝܗܿ: ܘܡܙܡܟܝܗܿ: ܕܕܗܒܐ ܕܟܝܐ.
      wa-ʿəḇeḏ malqəṭēh, wə-mazməḵēh, də-ḏahəḇā ḏaḵyā.
      And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܙܡܟܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܡܙܡܟ 1st person ܡܙܡܟܝ ܡܙܡܟܢ
construct ܡܙܡܟ 2nd person ܡܙܡܟܟ ܡܙܡܟܟܝ ܡܙܡܟܟܘܢ ܡܙܡܟܟܝܢ
emphatic ܡܙܡܟܐ 3rd person ܡܙܡܟܗ ܡܙܡܟܗ ܡܙܡܟܗܘܢ ܡܙܡܟܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܡܙܡܟܝܢ 1st person ܡܙܡܟܝ ܡܙܡܟܝܢ
construct ܡܙܡܟܝ 2nd person ܡܙܡܟܝܟ ܡܙܡܟܝܟܝ ܡܙܡܟܝܟܘܢ ܡܙܡܟܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܡܙܡܟܐ 3rd person ܡܙܡܟܘܗܝ ܡܙܡܟܝܗ ܡܙܡܟܝܗܘܢ ܡܙܡܟܝܗܝܢ

References

  • “mzmkˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 17 July 2011
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 89b
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 63
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 262b
  • 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 735a
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