ܡܕܥܐ

See also: ܡܪܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܝ-ܕ-ܥ (y-d-ʿ) related to knowing. Compare Hebrew מַדָּע (maddāʿ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [madd(ə)ʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [madd(ə)ʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܕܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܕܥܐ)

  1. knowledge, intelligence, intellect
  2. understanding, perception
  3. mind, disposition
  4. report, rumor/rumour
  5. fame
  6. familiarity, acquaintance, household

Inflection
    inflection of ܡܕܥܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܡܕܥ ܡܕܥܝܢ
construct ܡܕܥ ܡܕܥܝ
emphatic ܡܕܥܐ ܡܕܥܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܡܕܥܝ ܡܕܥܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܡܕܥܟ ܡܕܥܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܡܕܥܟܝ ܡܕܥܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܡܕܥܗ ܡܕܥܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܡܕܥܗ ܡܕܥܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܡܕܥܢ ܡܕܥܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܡܕܥܟܘܢ ܡܕܥܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܡܕܥܟܝܢ ܡܕܥܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܡܕܥܗܘܢ ܡܕܥܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܡܕܥܗܝܢ ܡܕܥܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “mdˁ”, 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. 137b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 254a
  • 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. 716b
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