ܡܛܪܩܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Cognate with Jewish Babylonian Aramaic מטרקא (mṭrqʾ); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [matˤr(ə)qɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [matˤr(ə)qe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܛܪܩܐ • (maṭrəqā) m (plural ܡܛܪܩܐ)

1. strap, thong
2. whip, scourge
3. (in the plural) blows, strikes

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܛܪܩܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܛܪܩ		1st person	ܡܛܪܩܝ		ܡܛܪܩܢ
	construct	ܡܛܪܩ		2nd person	ܡܛܪܩܟ	ܡܛܪܩܟܝ	ܡܛܪܩܟܘܢ	ܡܛܪܩܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܛܪܩܐ		3rd person	ܡܛܪܩܗ	ܡܛܪܩܗ	ܡܛܪܩܗܘܢ	ܡܛܪܩܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܛܪܩܝܢ		1st person	ܡܛܪܩܝ		ܡܛܪܩܝܢ
	construct	ܡܛܪܩܝ		2nd person	ܡܛܪܩܝܟ	ܡܛܪܩܝܟܝ	ܡܛܪܩܝܟܘܢ	ܡܛܪܩܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܛܪܩܐ		3rd person	ܡܛܪܩܘܗܝ	ܡܛܪܩܝܗ	ܡܛܪܩܝܗܘܢ	ܡܛܪܩܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• Old Armenian: մտրակ (mtrak)
  • Armenian: մտրակ (mtrak)

References

• “mṭrq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-14
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 133b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 268b
• 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. 750a