ܡܢܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Root
ܡ ܢ ܐ (m n ˀ)
4 terms

From Aramaic מְנָתָא (mənāṯā); compare Hebrew מָנָה (maná) with the sense of “particle” a semantic loan from Ancient Greek μόριον (mórion).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [mənɑːθɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [mənɑːtɑː]

Noun

ܡܢܵܬ݂ܵܐ • (mnāṯā) f sg (plural ܡ̈ܢܵܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ (mnāwāṯē))

  1. part, portion, lot
    Synonyms: ܣܵܗܡܵܐ (sāhmā), ܩܸܛܥܵܐ (qiṭˁā), ܚܸܠܩܵܐ (ḥilqā), ܦܸܣܩܵܐ (pisqā), ܡܲܛܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (maṭūṯā)
  2. (grammar) particle
    Synonym: ܐܸܣܵܪܵܐ (issārā)
  3. (in the plural) relics
Inflection
Derived terms
  • ܒܲܪ ܡܢܵܬ݂ܵܐ (bar mnāṯā, associate)
  • ܡܢܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܡܲܡܠܠܵܐ (mnāṯā dmamllā, part of speech)
  • ܡܢܵܬ݂ܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (mnāṯāˀīṯ, partly, partially)
  • ܡܢܵܬ݂ܵܝܵܐ (mnāṯāyā, partial)
  • ܡܢܵܬ݂ܵܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (mnāṯānāˀīṯ, proportionately, particularly)
  • ܡܢܵܬ݂ܵܢܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (mnāṯānāyūṯā, particularity)
  • ܡܢܵܬ݂ܵܢܵܝܵܐ (mnāṯānāyā, biased, prejudiced)
  • ܥܲܠ ܡܢܵܬ݂ (ˁal mnāṯ, for the purpose of, with the intention that)

Etymology 2

Root
ܢ ܬ ܐ (n t ˀ)
2 terms

Intensive form of the verb ܢܵܬ݂ܹܐ (nāṯē, to project, stick out).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /natte/, [ˈnä.tʰe]

Verb

ܡܢܲܬܹܐ • (mnattē) (present participle ܡܢܲܬܘܼܝܹܐ (mnatūyē), past participle ܡܢܘܼܬܝܵܐ (mnutyā))

  1. to protrude
Conjugation

References

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܡ-ܢ-ܐ (m-n-ʾ) related to counting. Compare Hebrew מָנָה (mānâ). The sense of "particle" is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek μόριον (mórion).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [m(ə)nɑθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܡܢܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܢܘܬܐ)

  1. part, portion, lot
  2. (grammar) particle
  3. (geometry, geography) degree
  4. (in the plural) relics
Inflection
Derived terms
  • ܡܢܬܐ ܕܡܐܡܪܐ
  • ܡܢܬܐ ܕܡܡܠܠܐ
  • ܡܢܬܐܝܬ
  • ܡܢܬܢܐܝܬ
  • ܡܢܬܝܐ
  • ܡܢܬܢܝܐ
  • ܡܢܬܢܝܘܬܐ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɛnn(ə)θɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܡܢܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܐܢܐ or ܡܢܐ)

  1. (anatomy) strand of hair; nerve, tendon
  2. fur
  3. string (e.g. of a musical instrument)
  4. cord, rope
    Synonym: ܚܒܠܐ (ḥaḇlā)
  5. (music) tone
Inflection
See also

References

  • mnh”, 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, b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 281a, 283a
  • 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, pp. 785b-786a
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