ܡܚܛܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ ܘ ܛ related to sewing; compare Arabic مِخْيَط (miḵyaṭ), Hebrew מַחַט (máḥaṭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [m(ə)ħatˤtˤɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [m(ə)ħatˤtˤe] (plural)

Noun

ܡܚܛܐ • (mḥaṭṭāf (plural ܡܚܛܐ)

  1. (sewing) needle
  2. small spear
  3. candlewick

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܚܛܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܡܚܛ 1st person ܡܚܛܝ ܡܚܛܢ
construct ܡܚܛ 2nd person ܡܚܛܟ ܡܚܛܟܝ ܡܚܛܟܘܢ ܡܚܛܟܝܢ
emphatic ܡܚܛܐ 3rd person ܡܚܛܗ ܡܚܛܗ ܡܚܛܗܘܢ ܡܚܛܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܡܚܛܝܢ 1st person ܡܚܛܝ ܡܚܛܝܢ
construct ܡܚܛܝ 2nd person ܡܚܛܝܟ ܡܚܛܝܟܝ ܡܚܛܝܟܘܢ ܡܚܛܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܡܚܛܐ 3rd person ܡܚܛܘܗܝ ܡܚܛܝܗ ܡܚܛܝܗܘܢ ܡܚܛܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

  • Old Armenian: մախաթ (maxatʻ)
    • Armenian: մախաթ (maxatʻ)
    • Chechen: ма̄ха (maaxa)
    • Old Georgian: მახათი (maxati)
    • Udi: махатӏ (maꭓaṭ)

References

  • mḥṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 7 November 2011
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 102a
  • 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, page 738a