ܡܛܪܩܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Cognate with Jewish Babylonian Aramaic מטרקא (mṭrqʾ); see there for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [matˤr(ə)qɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [matˤr(ə)qe] (plural)

Noun

ܡܛܪܩܐ • (maṭrəqā) m (plural ܡܛܪܩܐ)

  1. strap, thong
  2. whip, scourge
  3. (in the plural) blows, strikes

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܛܪܩܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܡܛܪܩ 1st person ܡܛܪܩܝ ܡܛܪܩܢ
construct ܡܛܪܩ 2nd person ܡܛܪܩܟ ܡܛܪܩܟܝ ܡܛܪܩܟܘܢ ܡܛܪܩܟܝܢ
emphatic ܡܛܪܩܐ 3rd person ܡܛܪܩܗ ܡܛܪܩܗ ܡܛܪܩܗܘܢ ܡܛܪܩܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܡܛܪܩܝܢ 1st person ܡܛܪܩܝ ܡܛܪܩܝܢ
construct ܡܛܪܩܝ 2nd person ܡܛܪܩܝܟ ܡܛܪܩܝܟܝ ܡܛܪܩܝܟܘܢ ܡܛܪܩܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܡܛܪܩܐ 3rd person ܡܛܪܩܘܗܝ ܡܛܪܩܝܗ ܡܛܪܩܝܗܘܢ ܡܛܪܩܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

  • Old Armenian: մտրակ (mtrak)

References

  • “mṭrq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 14 May 2013
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 133b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 268b
  • 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 750a
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