ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Root
ܥ ܡ ܕ
4 terms

Compare Arabic مَعْمُودِيَّة (maʕmūdiyya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maʕ.moˈdi.θɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [maʕ.modˈjɑ.θɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ • (maʿmōdīṯā) f (plural ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ)

1. washing
2. pond, pool, basin, piscina
3. (Christianity) baptism
4. shortened form of ܒܝܬ ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ (bêṯ maʿmōḏīṯā)

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܥܡܘܕܝ		1st person	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܝ		ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܢ
	construct	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬ		2nd person	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܟ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܟܝ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܟܘܢ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܗ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܗ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܗܘܢ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܢ		1st person	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܝ		ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܢ
	construct	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬ		2nd person	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܟ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܟܝ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܟܘܢ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܗ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܗ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܗܘܢ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܒܝܬ ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ (bêṯ maʿmōdīṯā)
• ܒܪܐ ܕܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ (bərā ḏ-maʿmōdīṯā)
• ܒܪܬܐ ܕܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ (barəṯā ḏ-maʿmōdīṯā)

Descendants

• → Malayalam: മാമോദീസ (māmōdīsa)

References

• “mˁmwdy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-31
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 255b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 289b
• 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. 802a-b