ܡܠܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: [mɛl(lə)θɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܡܠܬܐ c (emphatic 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

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

Usage notes

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

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.
• Louis Costaz, Syriac-English Dictionary, 1963, p. 183a
• Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902, pp. 274b-275a
• Michael Sokoloff, A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, 2009, p. 775a-b

Anagrams

• ܡܬܠܐ