ܡܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܡ-ܘ-ܬ‎ (m-w-t) related to dying, from Proto-Semitic. Cognate with Akkadian 𒍗 (mūtu, [ÚŠ]), Arabic مَوْت‎ (mawt), Hebrew מָוֶת‎ (māweṯ), and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎚 (mt).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mawtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [mawte(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܘܬܐ)

  1. death
  2. way of dying, cause of death
  3. execution
  4. (pathology) plague, pestilence

Inflection
    declension of ܡܘܬܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܡܘܬ ܡܘܬܝܢ
construct ܡܘܬ ܡܘܬܝ
emphatic ܡܘܬܐ ܡܘܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܡܘܬܝ ܡܘܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܡܘܬܟ ܡܘܬܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܡܘܬܟܝ ܡܘܬܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܡܘܬܗ ܡܘܬܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܡܘܬܗ ܡܘܬܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܡܘܬܢ ܡܘܬܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܡܘܬܟܘܢ ܡܘܬܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܡܘܬܟܝܢ ܡܘܬܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܡܘܬܗܘܢ ܡܘܬܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܡܘܬܗܝܢ ܡܘܬܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “mwt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 179b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 260b
  • 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. 731b
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