ܡܢܪܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܘ-ܪ (n-w-r) related to illuminating. Compare Hebrew מְנוֹרָה (mənôrâ). The sense of "minaret" is influenced by Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m(ə)nɑrtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [m(ə)nɑrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܢܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܢܪܬܐ)

1. candlestick, candelabrum, lampstand, menorah
2. lighthouse
3. minaret

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܢܪܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܢܪܐ		1st person	ܡܢܪܬܝ		ܡܢܪܬܢ
	construct	ܡܢܪܬ		2nd person	ܡܢܪܬܟ	ܡܢܪܬܟܝ	ܡܢܪܬܟܘܢ	ܡܢܪܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܢܪܬܐ		3rd person	ܡܢܪܬܗ	ܡܢܪܬܗ	ܡܢܪܬܗܘܢ	ܡܢܪܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܢܪܢ		1st person	ܡܢܪܬܢ		ܡܢܪܬܢ
	construct	ܡܢܪܬ		2nd person	ܡܢܪܬܟ	ܡܢܪܬܟܝ	ܡܢܪܬܟܘܢ	ܡܢܪܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܢܪܬܐ		3rd person	ܡܢܪܬܗ	ܡܢܪܬܗ	ܡܢܪܬܗܘܢ	ܡܢܪܬܗܝܢ

See also

• ܫܪܓܐ

References

• “mnrh”, 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. 200b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 283a
• 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. 785b