ܡܝܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Hebrew מִין (mîn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmi.nɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ˈmi.ne] (plural)

Noun

ܡܝܢܐ • (mīnā) m (plural ܡܝܢܐ)

1. race, stock, family

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܝܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܝܢ		1st person	ܡܝܢܝ		ܡܝܢܢ
	construct	ܡܝܢ		2nd person	ܡܝܢܟ	ܡܝܢܟܝ	ܡܝܢܟܘܢ	ܡܝܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܝܢܐ		3rd person	ܡܝܢܗ	ܡܝܢܗ	ܡܝܢܗܘܢ	ܡܝܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܝܢܝܢ		1st person	ܡܝܢܝ		ܡܝܢܝܢ
	construct	ܡܝܢܝ		2nd person	ܡܝܢܝܟ	ܡܝܢܝܟܝ	ܡܝܢܝܟܘܢ	ܡܝܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܝܢܐ		3rd person	ܡܝܢܘܗܝ	ܡܝܢܝܗ	ܡܝܢܝܗܘܢ	ܡܝܢܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From ܡܝܐ (mayyā, “water”) + the adjectival ending ܢܐ- (-ānā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [majˈjɑ.nɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [majˈjɑ.ne] (plural)

Adjective

ܡܝܢܐ • (mayyānā) m (plural ܡܝܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܡܝܢܝܬܐ)

1. watery, aqueous

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܝܢܐ

person	singular		plural
	m	f	m	f
absolute	ܡܝܢ	ܡܝܢܝ	ܡܝܢܝܢ	ܡܝܢܝܢ
construct	ܡܝܢ	ܡܝܢܝܬ	ܡܝܢܝ	ܡܝܢܝܬ
emphatic	ܡܝܢܐ	ܡܝܢܬܐ	ܡܝܢܐ	ܡܝܢܝܬܐ

Derived terms

• ܡܝܢܘܬܐ (mayyānūṯā)
• ܡܝܢܝܐ (mayyānāyā)
• ܡܝܢܝܘܬܐ (mayyānāyūṯā)

References

• “myn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-10-09
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 181b, 182a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 269b
• 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. 753a