ܡܘܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܡ ܘ ܬ (m w t)
6 terms

Etymology

From Aramaic מַוְתָא (mawṯā), from Proto-Semitic *mawut-; cognate with Arabic مَوْت (mawt), Hebrew מָוֶת (mávet), Akkadian 𒍗 (mūtu, [ÚŠ]), and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎚 (mt).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [mawtaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [moːθa]

Noun

ܡܵܘܬܵܐ • (māwtā) m (plural ܡܵܘܬܹ̈ܐ (māwtē))

1. death (the cessation of life and all associated processes)

   ܡܘܼܚܸܒܵܟ݂ܝ ܠܹܗ ܡ̣ܢ ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܗܲܠ ܡܵܘܬܵܐ.

   He loved you from life until death.

   ܡܲܘܬܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܨܒ݂ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܟܠ ܡܸܣܟܹܝܢܐ ܘܟܠ ܥܲܬܝܼܪܵܐ ܒܸܕ ܐܵܪܸܥ ― mawtā ìlēh ṣḇūṯā dkul miskēnā w-kul ˁatīrā bid āriˁ ― Death is a matter that every poor man and every rich man will meet.

2. a death

   Synonym: ܡܝܵܬ݂ܬܵܐ (myāṯtā)

   ܡܲܘܬܵܐ ܕܒܲܟ݂ܬܹܗ ܟܸܡ ܫܵܒ݂ܸܩ ܠܹܗ ܕܡܓܲܠܘܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܢܲܦ̮ܫܹܗ ܡܸܢ ܥܵܠܡܵܐ ― mawtā dbaḵtēh kim šāḇiq lēh dmgalwē lāh nafšēh min ˁālmā ― The death of his wife caused him to exile himself from the world.

3. way of dying, cause of death

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܵܘܬܵܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	–		1st person	ܡܵܘܬܝܼ (māwtī)		ܡܵܘܬܲܢ (māwtan)
	construct	ܡܵܘܬ (māwt)		2nd person	ܡܵܘܬܘܼܟ݂ (māwtūḵ)	ܡܵܘܬܵܟ݂ܝ (māwtāḵ)	ܡܵܘܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (māwtāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܡܵܘܬܵܐ (māwtā)		3rd person	ܡܵܘܬܹܗ (māwtēh)	ܡܵܘܬܵܗ̇ (māwtāh)	ܡܵܘܬܗܘܿܢ (māwthōn)
plural	absolute	–		1st person	ܡܵܘܬܝܼ̈ (māwtī)		ܡܵܘܬܲܢ̈ (māwtan)
	construct	ܡܵܘܬܲܝ̈ (māwtay)		2nd person	ܡܵܘܬܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (māwtūḵ)	ܡܵܘܬܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (māwtāḵ)	ܡܵܘܬܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (māwtāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܡܵܘܬܹ̈ܐ (māwtē)		3rd person	ܡܵܘܬܘܼ̈ܗܝ (māwtūh)	ܡܵܘܬ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (māwtōh)	ܡܵܘܬܗ̈ܘܿܢ (māwthōn)

Antonyms

• ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ (ḥayyē)
• ܚܲܝܘܼܬܵܐ (ḥayūtā)

Derived terms

• ܡܲܘܬܵܢܵܐ (mawtānā, “deadly”)
• ܡܲܘܬܵܢܵܝܵܐ (mawtānāyā, “of death”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܡ-ܘ-ܬ related to dying, from Proto-Semitic *mawut-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒍗 (mūtu, [ÚŠ]), Arabic مَوْت (mawt), Hebrew מָוֶת (māweṯ), and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎚 (mt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mawtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [mawte(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܘܬܐ)

1. death
2. way of dying, cause of death
3. execution
4. (pathology) plague, pestilence

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܘܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܘܬ		1st person	ܡܘܬܝ		ܡܘܬܢ
	construct	ܡܘܬ		2nd person	ܡܘܬܟ	ܡܘܬܟܝ	ܡܘܬܟܘܢ	ܡܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܡܘܬܗ	ܡܘܬܗ	ܡܘܬܗܘܢ	ܡܘܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܘܬܝܢ		1st person	ܡܘܬܝ		ܡܘܬܝܢ
	construct	ܡܘܬܝ		2nd person	ܡܘܬܝܟ	ܡܘܬܝܟܝ	ܡܘܬܝܟܘܢ	ܡܘܬܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܡܘܬܘܗܝ	ܡܘܬܝܗ	ܡܘܬܝܗܘܢ	ܡܘܬܝܗܝܢ

References

• “mwt”, 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. 179b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 260b
• 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. 731b