ܡܕܥܐ

See also: ܡܪܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܝ-ܕ-ܥ related to knowing. Compare Hebrew מַדָּע (maddāʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [madd(ə)ʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [madd(ə)ʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܕܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܕܥܐ)

1. knowledge, intelligence, intellect
2. understanding, perception
3. mind, disposition
4. report, rumor/rumour
5. fame
6. familiarity, acquaintance, household

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܕܥܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܕܥ		1st person	ܡܕܥܝ		ܡܕܥܢ
	construct	ܡܕܥ		2nd person	ܡܕܥܟ	ܡܕܥܟܝ	ܡܕܥܟܘܢ	ܡܕܥܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܕܥܐ		3rd person	ܡܕܥܗ	ܡܕܥܗ	ܡܕܥܗܘܢ	ܡܕܥܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܕܥܝܢ		1st person	ܡܕܥܝ		ܡܕܥܝܢ
	construct	ܡܕܥܝ		2nd person	ܡܕܥܝܟ	ܡܕܥܝܟܝ	ܡܕܥܝܟܘܢ	ܡܕܥܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܕܥܐ		3rd person	ܡܕܥܘܗܝ	ܡܕܥܝܗ	ܡܕܥܝܗܘܢ	ܡܕܥܝܗܝܢ

References

• “mdˁ”, 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. 137b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 254a
• 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. 716b