ܡܠܟܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *malk-. Compare Arabic مَلِكَة‎ (malika(t)) and Hebrew מַלְכָּה‎ (malkâ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [malk(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [malkɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܠܟܬܐ • (malktāʻ) f (plural ܡܠܟܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܡܠܟܐ‎)

  1. any ruler; queen, empress, princess, toparch
  2. governor of a province

Inflection
    declension of ܡܠܟܬܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܡܠܟܐ ܡܠܟܢ
construct ܡܠܟܬ ܡܠܟܬ
emphatic ܡܠܟܬܐ ܡܠܟܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܡܠܟܬܝ ܡܠܟܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܡܠܟܬܟ ܡܠܟܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܡܠܟܬܟܝ ܡܠܟܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܡܠܟܬܗ ܡܠܟܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܡܠܟܬܗ ܡܠܟܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܡܠܟܬܢ ܡܠܟܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܡܠܟܬܟܘܢ ܡܠܟܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܡܠܟܬܟܝܢ ܡܠܟܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܡܠܟܬܗܘܢ ܡܠܟܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܡܠܟܬܗܝܢ ܡܠܟܬܗܝܢ

Derived terms
  • ܡܠܟܬܘܢܝܬܐ‎

References
  • “mlkh”, 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. 186a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 278a
  • 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. 773a
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