ܡܕܡܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maðm(ə)xɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [maðm(ə)xe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܕܡܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܕܡܟܐ)

1. sleep, rest
2. time or place of sleeping; bedtime; couch, bed
3. lying down
4. sexual intercourse
5. death

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܕܡܟܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܕܡܟ		1st person	ܡܕܡܟܝ		ܡܕܡܟܢ
	construct	ܡܕܡܟ		2nd person	ܡܕܡܟܟ	ܡܕܡܟܟܝ	ܡܕܡܟܟܘܢ	ܡܕܡܟܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܕܡܟܐ		3rd person	ܡܕܡܟܗ	ܡܕܡܟܗ	ܡܕܡܟܗܘܢ	ܡܕܡܟܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܕܡܟܝܢ		1st person	ܡܕܡܟܝ		ܡܕܡܟܝܢ
	construct	ܡܕܡܟܝ		2nd person	ܡܕܡܟܝܟ	ܡܕܡܟܝܟܝ	ܡܕܡܟܝܟܘܢ	ܡܕܡܟܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܕܡܟܐ		3rd person	ܡܕܡܟܘܗܝ	ܡܕܡܟܝܗ	ܡܕܡܟܝܗܘܢ	ܡܕܡܟܝܗܝܢ

References

• “mdmk”, 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. 67a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 253b
• 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. 715b-176a