ܡܚܙܝܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Tool noun derived from the verb ܚܵܙܹܐ (ḥāzē, “to see”); compare similar in Classical Syriac ܡܚܙܝܬܐ (maḥzīṯā).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܡܲܚܙܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (maḥzīṯā) f (plural ܡܲܚ̈ܙܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (maḥzyāṯā))
- binoculars
- telescope
- (obsolete) alternative form of ܚܲܙܵܝ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥazzāyāṯā, “glasses, spectacles”)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܲܚܙܝܼ (maḥzī) | 1st person | ܡܲܚܙܝܼܬ݂ܝܼ (maḥzīṯī) | ܡܲܚܙܝܼܬ݂ܲܢ (maḥzīṯan) | |||
| construct | ܡܲܚܙܝܼܬ݂ (maḥzīṯ) | 2nd person | ܡܲܚܙܝܼܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (maḥzīṯōḵ) | ܡܲܚܙܝܼܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (maḥzīṯāḵ) | ܡܲܚܙܝܼܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (maḥzīṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܲܚܙܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (maḥzīṯā) | 3rd person | ܡܲܚܙܝܼܬ݂ܹܗ (maḥzīṯēh) | ܡܲܚܙܝܼܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (maḥzīṯāh) | ܡܲܚܙܝܼܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (maḥzīṯhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܡܲܚܙܝܵܢ̈ (maḥzyān) | 1st person | ܡܲܚܙܝܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (maḥzyāṯī) | ܡܲܚܙܝܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (maḥzyāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܡܲܚܙܝܵܬ݂̈ (maḥzyāṯ) | 2nd person | ܡܲܚܙܝܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (maḥzyāṯōḵ) | ܡܲܚܙܝܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (maḥzyāṯāḵ) | ܡܲܚܙܝܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (maḥzyāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܲܚܙܝ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (maḥzyāṯā) | 3rd person | ܡܲܚܙܝ̈ܵܬ݂ܹܗ (maḥzyāṯēh) | ܡܲܚܙܝ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (maḥzyāṯāh) | ܡܲܚܙܝܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (maḥzyāṯhōn) | |||
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܚ ܙ ܐ related to seeing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [maħziθɑ]
Noun
ܡܚܙܝܬܐ • (maḥzīṯā) f (plural ܡܚܙܝܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܚܙܝܐ | 1st person | ܡܚܙܝܬܝ | ܡܚܙܝܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܚܙܝܬ | 2nd person | ܡܚܙܝܬܟ | ܡܚܙܝܬܟܝ | ܡܚܙܝܬܟܘܢ | ܡܚܙܝܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | 3rd person | ܡܚܙܝܬܗ | ܡܚܙܝܬܗ | ܡܚܙܝܬܗܘܢ | ܡܚܙܝܬܗܝܢ | |||
| plural | absolute | ܡܚܙܝܢ | 1st person | ܡܚܙܝ | ܡܚܙܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܚܙܝ | 2nd person | ܡܚܙܝܟ | ܡܚܙܝܟܝ | ܡܚܙܝܟܘܢ | ܡܚܙܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܚܙܝܐ | 3rd person | ܡܚܙܘܗܝ | ܡܚܙܝܗ | ܡܚܙܝܗܘܢ | ܡܚܙܝܗܝܢ | ||
Synonyms
References
- “mḥzy”, 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 101b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 264a
- 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 737b–738a