ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܢ-ܩ (ḥ-n-q) related to strangling.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [maħnoqiθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [maħnoqjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܐ (maḥnōqīṯā) f (plural ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܐ)

  1. hanging, strangling, strangulation
  2. noose, halter, rope
  3. snare, trap
  4. (figuratively) restraint
  5. torment, torture, distress

Inflection

References

  • mḥnwqy”, 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. 111a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 265a
  • 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. 741b
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