ܡܕܒܚܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܕ ܒ ܚ related to sacrificing. Compare Arabic مَذْبَح (maḏbaḥ) and Hebrew מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbḗaḥ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maðb(ə)ħɑ/ (singular)
- IPA(key): /maðb(ə)ħe/ (plural)
Noun
ܡܕܒܚܐ • (maḏbəḥā) m (plural ܡܕܒܚܐ (maḏbəḥē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܕܒܚ | 1st person | ܡܕܒܚܝ | ܡܕܒܚܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܕܒܚ | 2nd person | ܡܕܒܚܟ | ܡܕܒܚܟܝ | ܡܕܒܚܟܘܢ | ܡܕܒܚܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܕܒܚܐ | 3rd person | ܡܕܒܚܗ | ܡܕܒܚܗ | ܡܕܒܚܗܘܢ | ܡܕܒܚܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܡܕܒܚܝܢ | 1st person | ܡܕܒܚܝ | ܡܕܒܚܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܕܒܚܝ | 2nd person | ܡܕܒܚܝܟ | ܡܕܒܚܝܟܝ | ܡܕܒܚܝܟܘܢ | ܡܕܒܚܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܕܒܚܐ | 3rd person | ܡܕܒܚܘܗܝ | ܡܕܒܚܝܗ | ܡܕܒܚܝܗܘܢ | ܡܕܒܚܝܗܝܢ | ||
Descendants
- → Malayalam: മദ്ബഹാ (madbahā), മദ്ബഹ (madbaha)
References
- “mdbḥ”, 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 57a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 251b
- 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, pages 711b–712a