ܡܡܠܠܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Derived from the verb ܡܡܲܠܸܠ (mmallil, “to speak, talk”); compare Hebrew מֶלֶל (mélel).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ˈmamləlɑː]
Noun
ܡܲܡܠܠܵܐ • (mamllā) m (plural ܡܲܡ̈ܠܠܹܐ (mamllē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܲܡܠܲܠ (mamlal) | 1st person | ܡܲܡܠܠܝܼ (mamllī) | ܡܲܡܠܠܲܢ (mamllan) | |||
| construct | ܡܲܡܠܲܠ (mamlal) | 2nd person | ܡܲܡܠܠܘܼܟ݂ (mamllōḵ) | ܡܲܡܠܠܵܟ݂ܝ (mamllāḵ) | ܡܲܡܠܠܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (mamllawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܲܡܠܠܵܐ (mamllā) | 3rd person | ܡܲܡܠܠܹܗ (mamllēh) | ܡܲܡܠܠܵܗ̇ (mamllāh) | ܡܲܡܠܠܗܘܿܢ (mamllhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܡܲܡܠܠܝܼ̈ܢ (mamllīn) | 1st person | ܡܲܡܠܠܝܼ̈ (mamllī) | ܡܲܡܠܠܲܢ̈ (mamllan) | |||
| construct | ܡܲܡܠܠܲܝ̈ (mamllay) | 2nd person | ܡܲܡܠܠܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (mamllōḵ) | ܡܲܡܠܠܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (mamllāḵ) | ܡܲܡܠܠܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (mamllawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܲܡ̈ܠܠܹܐ (mamllē) | 3rd person | ܡܲܡܠܠܘܼ̈ܗܝ (mamllūh) | ܡܲܡܠܠܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (mamllōh) | ܡܲܡܠܠܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (mamllayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܡܲܡܠܠܵܐ ܓܲܘܵܢܵܝܵܐ (mamllā gawwānāyā, “vernacular”)
- ܡܢܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܡܲܡܠܠܵܐ (mnāṯā d-mamllā, “part of speech”)
- ܬܘܼܪܵܨ ܡܲܡܠܠܵܐ (tūrāṣ mamllā, “grammar”, literally “correction of speech”)
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܡܡܠܐ (rare)
Etymology
From the root ܡ ܠ ܠ related to speaking. Compare Hebrew מֶלֶל (mélel).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mam(lə)lɑ]
Noun
ܡܡܠܠܐ • (mamləlā) m(uncountable)
- speech, diction
- talk, discourse, dissertation, treatise, homily
- (grammar) sentence; pronunciation
- tongue, language, dialect
- voice
- eloquence, style
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܡܠܠ | 1st person | ܡܡܠܠܝ | ܡܡܠܠܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܡܠܠ | 2nd person | ܡܡܠܠܟ | ܡܡܠܠܟܝ | ܡܡܠܠܟܘܢ | ܡܡܠܠܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܡܠܠܐ | 3rd person | ܡܡܠܠܗ | ܡܡܠܠܗ | ܡܡܠܠܗܘܢ | ܡܡܠܠܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܡܡܠܠܝܢ | 1st person | ܡܡܠܠܝ | ܡܡܠܠܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܡܠܠܝ | 2nd person | ܡܡܠܠܝܟ | ܡܡܠܠܝܟܝ | ܡܡܠܠܝܟܘܢ | ܡܡܠܠܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܡܠܠܐ | 3rd person | ܡܡܠܠܘܗܝ | ܡܡܠܠܝܗ | ܡܡܠܠܝܗܘܢ | ܡܡܠܠܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “mmll”, 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 183b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 279b
- 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 777a