ܡܩܠܥܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܩ-ܠ-ܥ related to hurling. Compare Hebrew מַקְלְעָן (maqləʿān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maql(ə)ʕɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [maql(ə)ʕɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܩܠܥܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܩܠܥܢܐ)

1. sling; catapult, ballista
2. slinger

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܩܠܥܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܩܠܥܢ		1st person	ܡܩܠܥܢܝ		ܡܩܠܥܢܢ
	construct	ܡܩܠܥܢ		2nd person	ܡܩܠܥܢܟ	ܡܩܠܥܢܟܝ	ܡܩܠܥܢܟܘܢ	ܡܩܠܥܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܩܠܥܢܐ		3rd person	ܡܩܠܥܢܗ	ܡܩܠܥܢܗ	ܡܩܠܥܢܗܘܢ	ܡܩܠܥܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܩܠܥܢܝܢ		1st person	ܡܩܠܥܢܝ		ܡܩܠܥܢܝܢ
	construct	ܡܩܠܥܢܝ		2nd person	ܡܩܠܥܢܝܟ	ܡܩܠܥܢܝܟܝ	ܡܩܠܥܢܝܟܘܢ	ܡܩܠܥܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܩܠܥܢܐ		3rd person	ܡܩܠܥܢܘܗܝ	ܡܩܠܥܢܝܗ	ܡܩܠܥܢܝܗܘܢ	ܡܩܠܥܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “mqlˁn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-07
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 297a