ܡܘܚܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Aramaic מוחא (muħɑʔ), from Proto-Semitic *muḫḫ- (“head; brain; marrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [muħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܘܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܘܚܐ)

1. (anatomy) brain; skull
2. (figuratively) any soft substance inside a hard shell; marrow, fat, egg yolk, etc.
3. bald head

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܘܚܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܘܚ		1st person	ܡܘܚܝ		ܡܘܚܢ
	construct	ܡܘܚ		2nd person	ܡܘܚܟ	ܡܘܚܟܝ	ܡܘܚܟܘܢ	ܡܘܚܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܘܚܐ		3rd person	ܡܘܚܗ	ܡܘܚܗ	ܡܘܚܗܘܢ	ܡܘܚܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܘܚܝܢ		1st person	ܡܘܚܝ		ܡܘܚܝܢ
	construct	ܡܘܚܝ		2nd person	ܡܘܚܝܟ	ܡܘܚܝܟܝ	ܡܘܚܝܟܘܢ	ܡܘܚܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܘܚܐ		3rd person	ܡܘܚܘܗܝ	ܡܘܚܝܗ	ܡܘܚܝܗܘܢ	ܡܘܚܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• (skull): ܩܪܩܦܬܐ
• (fat): ܫܘܡܢܐ

Derived terms

• ܡܘܚܝܐ
• ܒܪܬ ܡܘܚܐ (baṯ mūḥā, “cerebellum”)

References

• “mwḥ”, 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. 180a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 257a
• 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. 723b

Anagrams

• ܚܘܡܐ

Turoyo

Etymology

From Aramaic מוחא (muħɑʔ), from Proto-Semitic *muḫḫ- (“head; brain; marrow”).

Noun

ܡܘܚܳܐ • (muḥo) m

1. (anatomy) brain