ܡܕܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibilities include:

• From Akkadian 𒉘𒈨𒌍 (/⁠maddattu, middattu⁠/, “measure of capacity, container”).
• From ܕܢܐ (dannāʾ, “jar, urn”), from Akkadian 𒂁𒆗𒉡 (/⁠dannu⁠/, “storage vat mostly for storing beer and wine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maddɑnɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [maddɑne] (plural)

Noun

ܡܕܢܐ • (maddānā) m (plural ܡܕܢܐ (maddānē))

1. wine cellar, storeroom
2. (agriculture) granary

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܕܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܕܢ		1st person	ܡܕܢܝ		ܡܕܢܢ
	construct	ܡܕܢ		2nd person	ܡܕܢܟ	ܡܕܢܟܝ	ܡܕܢܟܘܢ	ܡܕܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܕܢܐ		3rd person	ܡܕܢܗ	ܡܕܢܗ	ܡܕܢܗܘܢ	ܡܕܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܕܢܝܢ		1st person	ܡܕܢܝ		ܡܕܢܝܢ
	construct	ܡܕܢܝ		2nd person	ܡܕܢܝܟ	ܡܕܢܝܟܝ	ܡܕܢܝܟܘܢ	ܡܕܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܕܢܐ		3rd person	ܡܕܢܘܗܝ	ܡܕܢܝܗ	ܡܕܢܝܗܘܢ	ܡܕܢܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܒܝܬ ܡܕܢܐ (bēṯ maddānā)

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: մառան (maṙan)
  • Armenian: մառան (maṙan), մարան (maran)
    • → Northern Kurdish: maran
    • → Udi: маран (maran)
  • → Georgian: მარანი (marani)

References

• “mdn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-28
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 178a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, page 716a