ܡܘܕܟܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܡ ܕ ܟ (m d k)
1 term

Etymology

Verbal noun of ܡܲܕܸܟ݂ (maddiḵ, to compound spices).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [mud.dɑːxɑː]

Noun

ܡܘܼܕܵܟ݂ܵܐ • (muddāḵā) m sg (plural ܡܘܼܕܵܟ݂ܹ̈ܐ (mūdāḵē))

  1. mixture, compound, preparation
  2. (medicine) medicament, cream, ointment, salve, unguent
    ܡܲܬܒ݂ܸܬ ܚܲܕ݇ܟ̰ܵܐ ܡܘܼܕܵܟ݂ܵܐ ܥܲܠܘܿܗ̇، ܝܩܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܡܲܒܝܘܼܢܹܐ.
    matḇit ḥačā muddāḵā ˁallōh, qīḏā ìwet mabyūnē.
    Put some cream on it, you burnt.

Inflection

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [muddɑxɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [muddɑxe(ʔ)] (plural)

Etymology 1

From the root ܡ-ܕ-ܟ (m-d-k) related to mixing.

Noun

ܡܘܕܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܘܕܟܐ)

  1. mixing, mixture, compound, preparation
  2. (medicine) medicament
  3. seasoning, spice, condiment
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܕ-ܘ-ܟ (d-w-k) related to crushing.

Noun

ܡܘܕܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܘܕܟܐ)

  1. anything crushed
Inflection

References

  • mwdk”, 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, p. 178a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 256b
  • 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, p. 722a
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