ܡܢܪܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ ܘ ܪ related to illuminating. Compare Hebrew מְנוֹרָה (mənôrâ). The sense of "minaret" is influenced by Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [m(ə)nɑrtɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [m(ə)nɑrɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܡܢܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܢܪܬܐ)

  1. candlestick, candelabrum, lampstand, menorah
  2. lighthouse
  3. minaret

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܢܪܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܡܢܪܐ 1st person ܡܢܪܬܝ ܡܢܪܬܢ
construct ܡܢܪܬ 2nd person ܡܢܪܬܟ ܡܢܪܬܟܝ ܡܢܪܬܟܘܢ ܡܢܪܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܡܢܪܬܐ 3rd person ܡܢܪܬܗ ܡܢܪܬܗ ܡܢܪܬܗܘܢ ܡܢܪܬܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܡܢܪܢ 1st person ܡܢܪܬܢ ܡܢܪܬܢ
construct ܡܢܪܬ 2nd person ܡܢܪܬܟ ܡܢܪܬܟܝ ܡܢܪܬܟܘܢ ܡܢܪܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܡܢܪܬܐ 3rd person ܡܢܪܬܗ ܡܢܪܬܗ ܡܢܪܬܗܘܢ ܡܢܪܬܗܝܢ

See also

References

  • “mnrh”, 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 200b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 283a
  • 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 785b
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