ܡܚܛܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܘ-ܛ (ḥ-w-ṭ) related to sewing; compare Arabic مِخْيَط (miḵyaṭ), Hebrew מַחַט (máḥaṭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ħatˤtˤɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ħatˤtˤe] (plural)

Noun

ܡܚܛܐ • (mḥaṭṭā) f (plural ܡܚܛܐ)

1. (sewing) needle
2. small spear
3. candlewick

Inflection

    inflection of ܡܚܛܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܚܛ	ܡܚܛܝܢ
construct	ܡܚܛ	ܡܚܛܝ
emphatic	ܡܚܛܐ	ܡܚܛܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܚܛܝ	ܡܚܛܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܚܛܟ	ܡܚܛܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܚܛܟܝ	ܡܚܛܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܚܛܗ	ܡܚܛܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܚܛܗ	ܡܚܛܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܚܛܢ	ܡܚܛܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܚܛܟܘܢ	ܡܚܛܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܚܛܟܝܢ	ܡܚܛܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܚܛܗܘܢ	ܡܚܛܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܚܛܗܝܢ	ܡܚܛܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: մախաթ (maxatʻ)
  • Armenian: մախաթ (maxatʻ)
  • → Chechen: ма̄ха (maaxa)
  • → Old Georgian: მახათი (maxati)
    • Georgian: მახათი (maxati)
      • → Bats: მახათ (maxat)
      • → Mingrelian: მახათი (maxati)
      • → Svan: მახა̈თ (maxät)
  • → Udi: махатӏ (maχaṭ)

References

• “mḥṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-07
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 102a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 264a
• 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. 738a