ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ܡܣܟܝܢܐ (meskênā, “poor”), from Akkadian 𒈦𒂗𒆕 (muškēnu [MAŠ.EN.KAK]) + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā). Compare Akkadian 𒈦𒂗𒆕𒌓 (/⁠muškēnūtu⁠/, “state of being dependent on others, poverty”), Arabic مَسْكَنَة (maskana) and Hebrew מִסְכֵּנוּת (miskēnûṯ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɛske(j)nuθɑ]

Noun

ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)

  1. poverty, want, penury, poorness, meagreness
  2. wretchedness

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܡܣܟܝܢܘ 1st person ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܝ ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܢ
construct ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬ 2nd person ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܟ ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܟܝ ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܟܘܢ ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܐ 3rd person ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܗ ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܗ ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܗܘܢ ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܗܝܢ

References

  • “mskynw”, 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 228b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 285a–b
  • 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 791b
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