ܡܪܕܘܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܪ ܕ ܐ (r d ˀ)
3 terms

From ܡܲܪܕܝܵܐ (mardyā, flow, watercourse; journey) + -ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (-ūṯā, the abstract noun ending), derived from the verb ܪܵܕ݂ܹܐ (rāḏē, to flow, move along).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [mar.duːθɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [mar.duːtɑː]

Noun

ܡܲܪܕܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (mardūṯā) f sg (plural ܡܲܪ̈ܕܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ (mardwāṯē) or ܡܲܪ̈ܕܘܼܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ (mardūyāṯē))

  1. culture, civilization
  2. training, education, instruction, discipline
  3. chastisement, good manners, courtesy, etiquette

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܡܡܲܪܕܸܢ (mmardin, to civilize, acculture)
  • ܡܲܪܕܘܼܬ݂ܵܢܵܝܵܐ (mardūṯānāyā, cultural, educational, intellectual)
  • ܕܲܪܓܘܼܫܬܵܐ ܕܡܲܪܕܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (darguštā d-mardūṯā, cradle of civilization)

See also

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [marduθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [mard(ə)wɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Etymology 1

From the root ܡ-ܪ-ܕ (m-r-d) related to resisting.

Noun

ܡܪܕܘܬܐ • (mardūṯā) f (plural ܡܪܕܘܬܐ)

  1. rebellion, revolt
  2. defection
  3. impudence, insolence
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܪ-ܕ-ܐ (r-d-ʾ) related to travelling.

Noun

ܡܪܕܘܬܐ • (mardūṯā) f (plural ܡܪܕܘܬܐ)

  1. training, education, instruction, discipline
  2. doctrine, science
  3. correction
  4. chastisement
  5. cultivation, formation
  6. culture
Inflection

References

  • mrdw”, 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, pp. 191b, 339a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 299b
  • 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. 828a
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