ܡܢܝܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܡ ܢ ܐ (m n ˀ)
4 terms

Etymology

From Aramaic מִנְיָנָא (minyānā); cognate to Hebrew מִנְיָן (minyán).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [mɪnˈjɑːnɑː]

Noun

ܡܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ • (minyānā) m sg (plural ܡܸܢܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ (minyānē))

  1. number, numeral, figure
    ܡܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܪ̈ܲܕܵܝܵܬܹܐ ܓܵܘ ܒܹܝܬ ܡܲܟܠܝܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܚܲܡܸܫ.
    minyānā d-raddāyātē gāw bēt maklyā ìlēh ḥammiš.
    The number of cars in the parking lot is five.
    ܓܵܘ ܬܵܘܵܢܵܐ ܕܣܸܕܪܵܐ ܐܝܼܬ ܒܹܗ ܡܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܦܵܬܘܿܪܹ̈ܐ ܘܟܘܼܪ̈ܣܵܘܵܬܹܐ.
    gāw tāwānā d-sidrā īt bēh minyānā d-pātōrē w-kursāwātē.
    In the classroom there are a number of tables.
  2. numbering, enumeration, census
    ܡܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܡܵܘܬܹ̈ܐ ܒܹܐ݇ܣܵܩܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ.minyānā d-māwtē bēsāqā ìlēh.The death toll is rising.
  3. (grammar) number
  4. (arithmetic) sum

Inflection

Hyponyms

  • ܡܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܡܙܵܘܓܵܐ (minyānā mzāwgā, even number)
  • ܡܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܡܠܝܼܠܵܐ (minyānā mlīlā, rational number)
  • ܡܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܡܣܝܼܡܵܢܵܐ (minyānā msīmānā, positive number)
  • ܡܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܡܦܲܪܕܵܐ (minyānā mpardā, odd number)
  • ܡܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܡܪܝܼܡܵܢܵܐ (minyānā mrīmānā, negative number)
  • ܡܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܡܪܲܟܒ݂ܵܐ (minyānā mrakḇā, complex number)
  • ܡܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܣܸܕܪܵܝܵܐ (minyānā sidrāyā, ordinal number)
  • ܡܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܫܸܪܫܵܢܵܝܵܐ (minyānā širšānāyā, cardinal number)
  • ܡܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܬܒ݂ܝܼܪܵܐ (minyānā tḇīrā, fractional number)

Derived terms

See also

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܡ-ܢ-ܐ (m-n-ʾ) related to counting. Compare Hebrew מִנְיָן (minyān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɛnjɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [mɛnjɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܢܝܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܢܝܢܐ)

  1. number, figure
  2. few, some
  3. numbering, enumeration, census
  4. (arithmetic) sum
  5. reckoning, account, computation, calculation
  6. (grammar) number
  7. chronology, time, era, epoch
  8. review
Inflection
Derived terms
  • ܡܢܝܢܘܬܐ
  • ܡܢܝܢܝܐ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [m(ə)ninɑ(ʔ)], [manninɑ(ʔ)], [mɑninɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [m(ə)nine(ʔ)], [mannine(ʔ)], [mɑnine(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܢܝܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܢܝܢܐ)

  1. weevil, worm, maggot
  2. fly
Inflection

References

  • mnyn”, 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. 187a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 282a
  • 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. 783a-b
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