ܡܚܪܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܡ ܚ ܪ (m ḥ r) |
| 3 terms |
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, itself believed to be a possible Akkadian loan.
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [maxxɑːrɑː]
Noun
ܡܲܚܵܪܵܐ • (maḥḥārā) m (plural ܡܲܚܵܪܹ̈ܐ (maḥḥārē), feminine ܡܲܚܵܪܬܵܐ (maḥḥārtā))
- engineer
- Synonym: (dialectal) ܐܲܪܕܹܝܟ݂ܠܵܐ (ardēḵlā)
- geometrician, geometer
- surveyor, measurer
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܲܚܵܪ (maḥḥār) | 1st person | ܡܲܚܵܪܝܼ (maḥḥārī) | ܡܲܚܵܪܲܢ (maḥḥāran) | |||
| construct | ܡܲܚܵܪ (maḥḥār) | 2nd person | ܡܲܚܵܪܘܼܟ݂ (maḥḥārōḵ) | ܡܲܚܵܪܵܟ݂ܝ (maḥḥārāḵ) | ܡܲܚܵܪܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (maḥḥārawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܲܚܵܪܵܐ (maḥḥārā) | 3rd person | ܡܲܚܵܪܹܗ (maḥḥārēh) | ܡܲܚܵܪܵܗ̇ (maḥḥārāh) | ܡܲܚܵܪܗܘܿܢ (maḥḥārhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܡܲܚܵܪ̈ܝܼܢ (maḥḥārīn) | 1st person | ܡܲܚܵܪ̈ܝܼ (maḥḥārī) | ܡܲܚܵܪ̈ܲܢ (maḥḥāran) | |||
| construct | ܡܲܚܵܪ̈ܲܝ (maḥḥāray) | 2nd person | ܡܲܚܵܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂ (maḥḥārōḵ) | ܡܲܚܵܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ (maḥḥārāḵ) | ܡܲܚܵܪ̈ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (maḥḥārawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܲܚܵܪܹ̈ܐ (maḥḥārē) | 3rd person | ܡܲܚܵܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ (maḥḥārūh) | ܡܲܚܵܪ̈ܘܼܗ̇ (maḥḥārōh) | ܡܲܚܵܪ̈ܲܝܗܘܿܢ (maḥḥārayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܡܲܚܵܪܵܝܵܐ (maḥḥārāyā, “geometric, mechanical, related to engineering”)
- ܡܲܚܵܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (maḥḥārūṯā, “engineering”)
Classical Syriac
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [maħħɑrɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [maħħɑre] (plural)
Noun
ܡܚܪܐ • (maḥḥārā) m (plural ܡܚܪܐ (maḥḥārē), singular feminine counterpart ܡܚܪܬܐ (maḥḥārtā))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܚܪ | 1st person | ܡܚܪܝ | ܡܚܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܚܪ | 2nd person | ܡܚܪܟ | ܡܚܪܟܝ | ܡܚܪܟܘܢ | ܡܚܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܚܪܐ | 3rd person | ܡܚܪܗ | ܡܚܪܗ | ܡܚܪܗܘܢ | ܡܚܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܡܚܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܡܚܪܝ | ܡܚܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܚܪܝ | 2nd person | ܡܚܪܝܟ | ܡܚܪܝܟܝ | ܡܚܪܝܟܘܢ | ܡܚܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܚܪܐ | 3rd person | ܡܚܪܘܗܝ | ܡܚܪܝܗ | ܡܚܪܝܗܘܢ | ܡܚܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
References
- “mḥr”, 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 180b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 265b
- 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 742b