ܡܚܛܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܘ-ܛ (ḥ-w-ṭ) related to sewing; compare Arabic مِخْيَط (miḵyaṭ), Hebrew מַחַט (máḥaṭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ħatˤtˤɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ħatˤtˤe] (plural)

Noun

ܡܚܛܐ • (mḥaṭṭā) f (plural ܡܚܛܐ)

1. (sewing) needle
2. small spear
3. candlewick

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܚܛܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܚܛ		1st person	ܡܚܛܝ		ܡܚܛܢ
	construct	ܡܚܛ		2nd person	ܡܚܛܟ	ܡܚܛܟܝ	ܡܚܛܟܘܢ	ܡܚܛܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܚܛܐ		3rd person	ܡܚܛܗ	ܡܚܛܗ	ܡܚܛܗܘܢ	ܡܚܛܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܚܛܝܢ		1st person	ܡܚܛܝ		ܡܚܛܝܢ
	construct	ܡܚܛܝ		2nd person	ܡܚܛܝܟ	ܡܚܛܝܟܝ	ܡܚܛܝܟܘܢ	ܡܚܛܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܚܛܐ		3rd person	ܡܚܛܘܗܝ	ܡܚܛܝܗ	ܡܚܛܝܗܘܢ	ܡܚܛܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: մախաթ (maxatʻ)
  • Armenian: մախաթ (maxatʻ)
  • → Chechen: ма̄ха (maaxa)
  • → Old Georgian: მახათი (maxati)
    • Georgian: მახათი (maxati)
      • → Bats: მახათ (maxat)
      • → Mingrelian: მახათი (maxati)
      • → Svan: მახა̈თ (maxät)
  • → Udi: махатӏ (maχaṭ)

References

• “mḥṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-07
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 102a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 264a
• 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. 738a