ܡܟܬܒܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Calque of Arabic مَكْتَبَة (maktaba), noun of place of the verb ܟܵܬ݂ܹܒ݂ (kāṯēḇ, “to write”)
Pronunciation
Noun
ܡܲܟ݂ܬܲܒ݂ܬܵܐ • (maḵtaḇtā) f sg (plural ܡܲܟ݂̈ܬܒ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (maḵtḇāṯā))
- bookcase (furniture displaying books)
- desk (table for writing and reading)
- Synonyms: ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܐ (maḵtḇā), ܦܵܬ݂ܘܿܪ ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ (pāṯōr kṯāḇtā)
- (obsolete) bookstore, library
- Synonym: ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܹܐ (bēṯ arkē)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܐ (maḵtḇā) | 1st person | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܲܒ݂ܬܝܼ (maḵtaḇtī) | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܲܒ݂ܬܲܢ (maḵtaḇtan) | |||
| construct | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܲܬ݂ (maḵtḇaṯ) | 2nd person | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܲܒ݂ܬܘܼܟ݂ (maḵtaḇtōḵ) | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܲܒ݂ܬܵܟ݂ܝ (maḵtaḇtāḵ) | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܲܒ݂ܬܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (maḵtaḇtawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܲܒ݂ܬܵܐ (maḵtaḇtā) | 3rd person | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܲܒ݂ܬܹܗ (maḵtaḇtēh) | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܲܒ݂ܬܵܗ̇ (maḵtaḇtāh) | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܲܒ݂ܬܗܘܿܢ (maḵtaḇthōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܢ̈ (maḵtḇān) | 1st person | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (maḵtḇāṯī) | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (maḵtḇāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܬ݂̈ (maḵtḇāṯ) | 2nd person | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (maḵtḇāṯōḵ) | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (maḵtḇāṯāḵ) | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (maḵtḇāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܲܟ݂̈ܬܒ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (maḵtḇāṯā) | 3rd person | ܡܲܟ݂̈ܬܒ݂ܵܬ݂ܹܗ (maḵtḇāṯēh) | ܡܲܟ݂̈ܬܒ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (maḵtḇāṯāh) | ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (maḵtḇāṯhōn) | |||