ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܟ-ܬ-ܒ (k-t-b) related to writing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maxt(ə)vɑnuθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [maxt(ə)vɑnwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܐ)

1. book, writing, record, chronicle, register
2. writing down, description, account
3. handwriting
4. narration
5. census
6. treatise
7. deed, contract, act

Inflection

    declension of ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܟܬܒܢܘ	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܢ
construct	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬ	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬ
emphatic	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܐ	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܝ	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܟ	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܟܝ	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܗ	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܗ	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܢ	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܟܘܢ	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܟܝܢ	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܗܘܢ	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܗܝܢ	ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• “mktbnw”, 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. 165a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 273a
• 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. 762b