ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܐ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ܡܣܟܝܢܐ (meskênāʾ, “poor”), from Akkadian 𒈦𒂗𒆕 (muškēnu [MAŠ.EN.KAK]) + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ). Compare Akkadian 𒈦𒂗𒆕𒌓 (/muškēnūtu/, “state of being dependent on others, poverty”), Arabic مَسْكَنَة (maskana) and Hebrew מִסְכֵּנוּת (miskēnûṯ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)
Inflection
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܣܟܝܢܘ | 1st person | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܝ | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬ | 2nd person | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܟ | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܟܝ | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܟܘܢ | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܐ | 3rd person | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܗ | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܗ | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܗܘܢ | ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܗܝܢ | ||
References
[edit]- “mskynw”, 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. 228b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 285a-b
- 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. 791b