ܡܠܦܢܝܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [mæl.pan.jaːte]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [mæl.pan.yaːθa]

Noun

ܡܲܠܦܵܢܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ • (mālpanyate) f pl

1. feminine plural of ܡܲܠܦܵܢܵܐ (malpānā)

   ܐܲܪܒܥܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܥܸܣܪܵܐ ܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܬܹ̈ܐ ܓܵܘ ܗ̇ܝ ܡܕܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܡܲܠܦܵܢܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ ܝܢܵܐ. ― arbˁā gāw ˁisrā baḵtātē gāw aya mdītā malpānyātē ìnā. ― Four out of ten women in this city are teachers.

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܝ-ܠ-ܦ (y-l-p) related to learning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mal(lə)fɑniθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [mal(lə)fɑnjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܠܦܢܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܠܦܢܝܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܡܠܦܢܐ)

1. one who is learned; teacher, master, schoolmaster, doctor

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܠܦܢܝܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܠܦܢܝ		1st person	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܝ		ܡܠܦܢܝܬܢ
	construct	ܡܠܦܢܝܬ		2nd person	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܟ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܟܝ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܟܘܢ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܗ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܗ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܗܘܢ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܠܦܢܝܢ		1st person	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܝ		ܡܠܦܢܝܬܢ
	construct	ܡܠܦܢܝܬ		2nd person	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܟ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܟܝ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܟܘܢ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܗ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܗ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܗܘܢ	ܡܠܦܢܝܬܗܝܢ

References

• “mlpny”, 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. 141b
• 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. 774b