ܡܟܬܒܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Calque of Arabic مَكْتَب (maktab), noun of place of the verb ܟܵܬ݂ܹܒ݂ (kāṯēḇ, “to write”); compare Hebrew מִכְתָּב (mikhtáv).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܐ • (maḵtḇā) m sg (plural ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (maḵtḇē))
- office, bureau (room or building used for writing and non-manual work)
- ܗ̇ܘ ܟܹܐ ܦܵܠܹܚ ܓܲܘ ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܐ ܠܕܸܦܢܝܼ.
- awa kē pālēḥ gaw maḵtḇā l-dipnī.
- He works in the office next to me.
- office, bureau, ministry (major governmental division)
- ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܐ ܕܚܘܼܠܡܵܢܵܐ ― maḵtḇā d-ḥulmānā ― the Ministry of Health
- ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܐ ܕܬܲܪܒܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ ― maḵtḇā d-tarbīṯā ― the Ministry of Education
- ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܐ ܕܡܲܚܵܪܘܼܬܵܐ ― maḵtḇā d-maḥḥārūtā ― the Ministry of Engineering
- desk (table for writing and reading)
- Synonyms: ܦܵܬ݂ܘܿܪ ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ (pāṯōr kṯāḇtā), ܛܲܒ݂ܠܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ṭaḇlīṯā)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܲܒ݂ (maḵtaḇ) | 1st person | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܝܼ (maḵtḇī) | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܲܢ (maḵtḇan) | |||
| construct | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܲܒ݂ (maḵtaḇ) | 2nd person | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (maḵtḇōḵ) | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (maḵtḇāḵ) | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (maḵtḇawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܐ (maḵtḇā) | 3rd person | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܹܗ (maḵtḇēh) | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܗ̇ (maḵtḇāh) | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܗܘܿܢ (maḵtḇhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܝܼ̈ܢ (maḵtḇīn) | 1st person | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܝܼ̈ (maḵtḇī) | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܲܢ̈ (maḵtḇan) | |||
| construct | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܲܝ̈ (maḵtḇay) | 2nd person | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (maḵtḇōḵ) | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (maḵtḇāḵ) | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (maḵtḇawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (maḵtḇē) | 3rd person | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܘܼ̈ܗܝ (maḵtḇūh) | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (maḵtḇōh) | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (maḵtḇayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܫܲܠܝܼܛܘܼܬ ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܐ (šalīṭūt maḵtḇā, “bureaucracy”)
Classical Syriac
| Root |
|---|
| ܟ ܬ ܒ |
| 7 terms |
Etymology
Compare Arabic مَكْتَب (maktab) and Hebrew מִכְתָּב (miḵtāḇ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [maxt(ə)vɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [maxt(ə)ve] (plural)
Noun
ܡܟܬܒܐ • (maḵtəḇā) m (plural ܡܟܬܒܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܟܬܒ | 1st person | ܡܟܬܒܝ | ܡܟܬܒܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܟܬܒ | 2nd person | ܡܟܬܒܟ | ܡܟܬܒܟܝ | ܡܟܬܒܟܘܢ | ܡܟܬܒܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܟܬܒܐ | 3rd person | ܡܟܬܒܗ | ܡܟܬܒܗ | ܡܟܬܒܗܘܢ | ܡܟܬܒܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܡܟܬܒܝܢ | 1st person | ܡܟܬܒܝ | ܡܟܬܒܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܟܬܒܝ | 2nd person | ܡܟܬܒܝܟ | ܡܟܬܒܝܟܝ | ܡܟܬܒܝܟܘܢ | ܡܟܬܒܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܟܬܒܐ | 3rd person | ܡܟܬܒܘܗܝ | ܡܟܬܒܝܗ | ܡܟܬܒܝܗܘܢ | ܡܟܬܒܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
References
- “mktb”, 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 165a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 273a
- 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 762a–b