ܡܠܦܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Agent noun of the verb ܡܲܠܸܦ (mallip, “to teach”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [mal.pɑːnɑː]
Noun
ܡܲܠܦܵܢܵܐ • (malpānā) m (plural ܡܲܠܦܵܢܹ̈ܐ (malpānē), feminine ܡܲܠܦܵܢܬܵܐ (malpāntā) or ܡܲܠܦܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (malpānīṯā))
- teacher, instructor
- Synonyms: ܪܲܒܵܐ (rabbā), ܪܲܒܝܼ (rabī)
- ܐܲܚܘܿܢܝܼ ܣܲܪܓܘܿܢ ܡܲܠܦܵܢܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܒܡܲܕܪܲܫܬܵܐ ܠܕܸܦܢܵܐ ܕܝܵܡܵܐ. ― aḥōnī sargōn malpānā ìlēh bmadraštā ldipnā d-yāmā. ― My brother Sargon is a teacher at the school next to the lake.
- James 3:1:
- ܐܲܚܘܿܢܘܵܬܝܼ̈، ܠܵܐ ܪܵܒܵܐ ܡܸܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܗܵܘܝܼ ܡܲܠܦܵܢܹ̈ܐ، ܣܵܒܵܒ ܝܕܹܥܡܘܼܢ ܕܐܲܚܢܲܢ ܕܡܲܠܦܲܚ ܒܸܬ ܩܲܒܠܲܚ ܕܝܵܢܬܵܐ ܒܘܼܫ ܓܘܼܪܬܵܐ.
- aḥōnwātī, lā rābā minnāwḵōn hāwī malpānē, sābāb dēˁmūn d-aḥnan dmalpaḥ bit qablaḥ dyāntā būš gurtā.
- My brothers, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgement.
Derived terms
- ܡܲܠܦܵܢܘܼܬܵܐ (malpānūtā, “doctrine”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܝ ܠ ܦ related to learning.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mal(lə)fɑnɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [mal(lə)fɑne] (plural)
Noun
ܡܠܦܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܠܦܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܡܠܦܢܝܬܐ)
- one who is learned; teacher, master, schoolmaster, doctor
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܠܦܢ | 1st person | ܡܠܦܢܝ | ܡܠܦܢܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܠܦܢ | 2nd person | ܡܠܦܢܟ | ܡܠܦܢܟܝ | ܡܠܦܢܟܘܢ | ܡܠܦܢܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܠܦܢܐ | 3rd person | ܡܠܦܢܗ | ܡܠܦܢܗ | ܡܠܦܢܗܘܢ | ܡܠܦܢܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܡܠܦܢܝܢ | 1st person | ܡܠܦܢܝ | ܡܠܦܢܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܠܦܢܝ | 2nd person | ܡܠܦܢܝܟ | ܡܠܦܢܝܟܝ | ܡܠܦܢܝܟܘܢ | ܡܠܦܢܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܠܦܢܐ | 3rd person | ܡܠܦܢܘܗܝ | ܡܠܦܢܝܗ | ܡܠܦܢܝܗܘܢ | ܡܠܦܢܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
- ܡܠܦܢܘܬܐ
References
- “mlpn”, 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 141b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 278b
- 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 774b