ܡܚܘܙܐ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Akkadian 𒆠𒋗𒄫 (KI.ŠU.PEŠ /māḫāzu/, “town, settlement”); compare Hebrew מָחוֹז (māḥôz).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [mɑˈħo.zɑ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [mɑˈxo.zɑ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [moˈħu.zo]
Noun
[edit]ܡܚܘܙܐ • (māḥōzā) m (plural ܡܚܘܙܐ)
Usage notes
[edit]A ܡܚܘܙܐ (māḥōzā) is generally smaller than a ܟܪܟܐ (karəḵā).
Inflection
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܚܘܙ | 1st person | ܡܚܘܙܝ | ܡܚܘܙܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܚܘܙ | 2nd person | ܡܚܘܙܟ | ܡܚܘܙܟܝ | ܡܚܘܙܟܘܢ | ܡܚܘܙܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܚܘܙܐ | 3rd person | ܡܚܘܙܗ | ܡܚܘܙܗ | ܡܚܘܙܗܘܢ | ܡܚܘܙܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܡܚܘܙܝܢ | 1st person | ܡܚܘܙܝ | ܡܚܘܙܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܚܘܙܝ | 2nd person | ܡܚܘܙܝܟ | ܡܚܘܙܝܟܝ | ܡܚܘܙܝܟܘܢ | ܡܚܘܙܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܚܘܙܐ | 3rd person | ܡܚܘܙܘܗܝ | ܡܚܘܙܝܗ | ܡܚܘܙܝܗܘܢ | ܡܚܘܙܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
[edit]- “mḥwz”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-11-21
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 99a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 263b
- 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 737a