ܡܝܢܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmi.nɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ˈmi.ne] (plural)
Noun
ܡܝܢܐ • (mīnā) m (plural ܡܝܢܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܝܢ | 1st person | ܡܝܢܝ | ܡܝܢܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܝܢ | 2nd person | ܡܝܢܟ | ܡܝܢܟܝ | ܡܝܢܟܘܢ | ܡܝܢܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܝܢܐ | 3rd person | ܡܝܢܗ | ܡܝܢܗ | ܡܝܢܗܘܢ | ܡܝܢܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܡܝܢܝܢ | 1st person | ܡܝܢܝ | ܡܝܢܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܝܢܝ | 2nd person | ܡܝܢܝܟ | ܡܝܢܝܟܝ | ܡܝܢܝܟܘܢ | ܡܝܢܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܝܢܐ | 3rd person | ܡܝܢܘܗܝ | ܡܝܢܝܗ | ܡܝܢܝܗܘܢ | ܡܝܢܝܗܝܢ | ||
Etymology 2
From ܡܝܐ (mayyā, “water”) + the adjectival ending ܢܐ- (-ānā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [majˈjɑ.nɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [majˈjɑ.ne] (plural)
Adjective
ܡܝܢܐ • (mayyānā) m (plural ܡܝܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܡܝܢܝܬܐ)
Inflection
| person | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m | f | m | f | |
| absolute | ܡܝܢ | ܡܝܢܝ | ܡܝܢܝܢ | ܡܝܢܝܢ |
| construct | ܡܝܢ | ܡܝܢܝܬ | ܡܝܢܝ | ܡܝܢܝܬ |
| emphatic | ܡܝܢܐ | ܡܝܢܬܐ | ܡܝܢܐ | ܡܝܢܝܬܐ |
Derived terms
- ܡܝܢܘܬܐ (mayyānūṯā)
- ܡܝܢܝܐ (mayyānāyā)
- ܡܝܢܝܘܬܐ (mayyānāyūṯā)
References
- “myn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 9 October 2017
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 181b, 182a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 269b
- 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 753a