ܡܟܢܫܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܟ ܢ ܫ (k n š)
8 terms
ܡܟܢܫܬܐ

Etymology

Cognate to Arabic مِكْنَسَة (miknasa).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [max.naʃ.tɑː]

Noun

ܡܲܟ݂ܢܲܫܬܵܐ • (maḵnaštā) f sg (plural ܡܲܟ݂ܢܲܫܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ (maḵnašyātē))

  1. (formal) broom, besom
    Synonym: ܟܵܢܘܿܫܬܵܐ (kānōštā)

Inflection

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܡܟܢܝܫܬܐ

Etymology

From the root ܟ-ܢ-ܫ (k-n-š) related to gathering. Compare Arabic مِكْنَسَة (miknasa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [maxnɛʃtɑ], [maxnaʃtɑ], [maxnɑʃtɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [maxnɛʃjɑθɑ], [maxnɑʃɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܡܟܢܫܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܟܢܫܬܐ or ܡܟܢܫܝܬܐ)

  1. broom, besom
  2. (astronomy) kind of comet

Inflection

References

  • mknšh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-19
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 159a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 272a
  • 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. 760a
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