ܡܠܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܡ-ܠ-ܠ‎ (m-l-l) related to speaking. Compare Hebrew מִלָּה‎ (millâ). The sense of "logos" is a calque of Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mɛl(lə)θɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܡܠܬܐ • (mellṯā) c (plural ܡܠܐ‎)

  1. word
  2. meaning, definition
  3. saying, sentence, statement
  4. (grammar) verb; voice
  5. discourse, tract, speech, narration
  6. proverb
  7. precept, command
  8. intelligence, reason, logic
  9. thing, matter, affair
  10. fact, case, cause, reason
  11. pledge, promise
  12. consent, permission
  13. (Christianity) logos

Usage notes
  • The sense of "logos" is usually masculine while all other senses are usually feminine.

Inflection
    declension of ܡܠܬܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܡܠܐ ܡܠܝܢ
construct ܡܠܬ ܡܠܝ
emphatic ܡܠܬܐ ܡܠܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܡܠܬܝ ܡܠܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܡܠܬܟ ܡܠܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܡܠܬܟܝ ܡܠܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܡܠܬܗ ܡܠܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܡܠܬܗ ܡܠܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܡܠܬܢ ܡܠܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܡܠܬܟܘܢ ܡܠܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܡܠܬܟܝܢ ܡܠܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܡܠܬܗܘܢ ܡܠܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܡܠܬܗܝܢ ܡܠܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms
  • ܡܠܬ ܫܘܒܚܐ‎
  • ܡܠܬ ܫܡܐ‎
  • ܡܠܬ ܫܡܐ ܓܕܝܡܬܐ‎
  • ܡܠܬ ܫܡܐ ܡܝܡܝܬܐ‎
  • ܡܠܬܐ ܚܫܘܫܬܐ‎
  • ܡܠܬܐ ܥܒܘܕܬܐ‎
  • ܡܠܬܐ ܦܩܘܕܬܐ‎
  • ܥܠ ܡܠܬܐ‎

References
  • “mlh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary : قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 183a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 274b-275a
  • 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. 775a-b

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