ܡܢܝܘܬܐ
See also: ܡܢܝܢܝܘܬܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
From ܡܢܝܐ (mannāyā, “arithmetician”), from the root ܡ ܢ ܐ related to counting + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mannɑjuθɑ], [mɑnɑjuθɑ]
Noun
ܡܢܝܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܢܝܘ | 1st person | ܡܢܝܘܬܝ | ܡܢܝܘܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܢܝܘܬ | 2nd person | ܡܢܝܘܬܟ | ܡܢܝܘܬܟܝ | ܡܢܝܘܬܟܘܢ | ܡܢܝܘܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܢܝܘܬܐ | 3rd person | ܡܢܝܘܬܗ | ܡܢܝܘܬܗ | ܡܢܝܘܬܗܘܢ | ܡܢܝܘܬܗܝܢ | ||
Etymology 2
From the interrogative pronoun ܡܢܐ (mānā, “what?”) + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɑnɑjuθɑ]
Noun
ܡܢܝܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܢܝܘ | 1st person | ܡܢܝܘܬܝ | ܡܢܝܘܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܢܝܘܬ | 2nd person | ܡܢܝܘܬܟ | ܡܢܝܘܬܟܝ | ܡܢܝܘܬܟܘܢ | ܡܢܝܘܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܢܝܘܬܐ | 3rd person | ܡܢܝܘܬܗ | ܡܢܝܘܬܗ | ܡܢܝܘܬܗܘܢ | ܡܢܝܘܬܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “mnyw”, 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 187b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 281b
- 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 782b