ܡܠܥܣܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܠ-ܥ-ܣ (l-ʿ-s) related to chewing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [malʕɑstɑ(ʔ)], [malʕastɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܡܠܥܣܬܐ • (malʿāstāʾ, malʿastāʾ) f (plural ܡܠܥܣܐ)

1. food, eating

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܠܥܣܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܠܥܣܐ		1st person	ܡܠܥܣܬܝ		ܡܠܥܣܬܢ
	construct	ܡܠܥܣܬ		2nd person	ܡܠܥܣܬܟ	ܡܠܥܣܬܟܝ	ܡܠܥܣܬܟܝܢ	ܡܠܥܣܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܠܥܣܬܐ		3rd person	ܡܠܥܣܬܗ	ܡܠܥܣܬܗ	ܡܠܥܣܬܗܘܢ	ܡܠܥܣܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܠܥܣܝܢ		1st person	ܡܠܥܣܝ		ܡܠܥܣܝܢ
	construct	ܡܠܥܣܝ		2nd person	ܡܠܥܣܝܟ	ܡܠܥܣܝܟܝ	ܡܠܥܣܝܟܘܢ	ܡܠܥܣܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܠܥܣܐ		3rd person	ܡܠܥܣܘܗܝ	ܡܠܥܣܝܗ	ܡܠܥܣܝܗܘܢ	ܡܠܥܣܝܗܝܢ

References

• “mlˁs”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-11-30
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 174a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 278b
• 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. 774a