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 • (maḏbəḥām (plural ܡܕܒܚܐ (maḏbəḥē))

  1. altar
  2. chapel, oratory, sanctuary
  3. church choir

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܕܒܚܐ
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