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 • (mḥaṭṭā) f (plural ܡܚܛܐ)
Inflection
| 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)
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