ܡܕܝܢܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܕ-ܘ-ܢ (IPA: /d-w-n/). Compare Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna(t)) and Hebrew מְדִינָה (məḏînâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mədintɑʔ/, [m(ə)ðittɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA: [m(ə)ðine(ʔ)], [m(ə)ðinɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܕܝܢܬܐ f (emphatic plural ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ,ܡܕܝܢܐ)

1. city, town
2. region
3. (rare) province, country

Inflection

    declension of ܡܕܝܢܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܕܝܢܐ	ܡܕܝܢܢ ,ܡܕܝܢܝܢ
construct	ܡܕܝܢܬ	ܡܕܝܢܬ ,ܡܕܝܢܝ
emphatic	ܡܕܝܢܬܐ	ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ,ܡܕܝܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܕܝܢܬܝ	ܡܕܝܢܬܝ ,ܡܕܝܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܕܝܢܬܟ	ܡܕܝܢܬܟ ,ܡܕܝܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܕܝܢܬܟܝ	ܡܕܝܢܬܟܝ ,ܡܕܝܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܕܝܢܬܗ	ܡܕܝܢܬܗ ,ܡܕܝܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܕܝܢܬܗ	ܡܕܝܢܬܗ ,ܡܕܝܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܕܝܢܬܢ	ܡܕܝܢܬܢ ,ܡܕܝܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܕܝܢܬܟܘܢ	ܡܕܝܢܬܟܘܢ ,ܡܕܝܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܕܝܢܬܟܝܢ	ܡܕܝܢܬܟܝܢ ,ܡܕܝܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܕܝܢܬܗܘܢ	ܡܕܝܢܬܗܘܢ ,ܡܕܝܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܕܝܢܬܗܝܢ	ܡܕܝܢܬܗܝܢ ,ܡܕܝܢܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܡܕܝܢܬܝܐ
• ܡܕܝܬܘܢܝܬܐ

References

• "mdynh" in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
• Louis Costaz, Syriac-English Dictionary, 1963, p. 60b
• Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902, p. 252b
• Michael Sokoloff, A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, 2009, p. 713b