ܡܐܟܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܡܐܟܢܐ (mēkannē) reborrowed through Latin māchina, from Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [mɑʔːkeːnɑː]
Noun
ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܐ • (mākēnā) f sg (plural ܡܵܐܟܹܢܹ̈ܐ (mākēnē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܵܐܟܹܢ (mākēn) | 1st person | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܝܼ (mākēnī) | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܲܢ (mākēnan) | |||
| construct | ܡܵܐܟܹܢ (mākēn) | 2nd person | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܘܼܟ݂ (mākēnōḵ) | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܟ݂ܝ (mākēnāḵ) | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (mākēnawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܐ (mākēnā) | 3rd person | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܹܗ (mākēnēh) | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܗ̇ (mākēnāh) | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܗܘܿܢ (mākēnhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܝܼ̈ܢ (mākēnīn) | 1st person | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܝܼ̈ (mākēnī) | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܲܢ̈ (mākēnan) | |||
| construct | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܲܝ̈ (mākēnay) | 2nd person | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (mākēnōḵ) | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (mākēnāḵ) | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (mākēnawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܹ̈ܐ (mākēnē) | 3rd person | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (mākēnūh) | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (mākēnōh) | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (mākēnayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܡܲܚܵܪܘܼܬ݂ ܡܵܐܟܹܢܹ̈ܐ (maḥḥārūṯ mākēnē, “mechanical engineering”)
- ܡܵܐܟܹܢ ܒܸܨܝܵܢܵܐ (mākēn biṣyānā, “search engine”)
- ܡܵܐܟܹܢ ܫܲܦܵܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (mākēn šappārūṯā, “sewing machine”)
- ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܐ ܡܡܲܣܝܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ (mākēnā mmasyānītā, “washing machine”)
- ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܝܵܐ (mākēnāyā, “mechanical”)
- ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܪܵܐ (mākēnārā, “mechanic”)
- ܦܲܠܵܚ ܡܵܐܟܹܢܹ̈ܐ (pallāḥ mākēnē, “mechanic”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mekanne]
Noun
ܡܐܟܢܐ • (mēkannē) f (plural ܡܐܟܢܘܬܐ or ܡܝܟܢܣ or ܡܐܟܢܣ or ܡܗܟܢܐܣ or ܡܟܗܢܐܣ or ܡܐܟܢܘܣ or ܡܐܟܝܢܘܣ)
- machine, device, engine
- siege engine
- deceit, fraud
- stratagem
- (agriculture) irrigation
- (by extension) irrigated land
References
- “mˀkn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 247a,
- 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 701b