ܡܬܢܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܡ ܬ ܢ related to waiting. Compare Hebrew מֹתֶן (mṓṯen).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mattantɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [mat(tə)nɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܬܢܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܬܢܬܐ)

1. (anatomy) loins, ribs, side
2. (figuratively) mountain ridge; gravel shelf

Usage notes

This word is usually used in the plural.

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܬܢܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܬܢܐ		1st person	ܡܬܢܬܝ		ܡܬܢܬܢ
	construct	ܡܬܢܬ		2nd person	ܡܬܢܬܟ	ܡܬܢܬܟܝ	ܡܬܢܬܟܘܢ	ܡܬܢܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܬܢܬܐ		3rd person	ܡܬܢܬܗ	ܡܬܢܬܗ	ܡܬܢܬܗܘܢ	ܡܬܢܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܬܢܢ		1st person	ܡܬܢܬܢ		ܡܬܢܬܢ
	construct	ܡܬܢܬ		2nd person	ܡܬܢܬܟ	ܡܬܢܬܟܝ	ܡܬܢܬܟܘܢ	ܡܬܢܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܬܢܬܐ		3rd person	ܡܬܢܬܗ	ܡܬܢܬܗ	ܡܬܢܬܗܘܢ	ܡܬܢܬܗܝܢ

References

• “mtnn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-06-03
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 194b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 319b
• 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. 872a