ܡܪܕܐ

See also: ܡܕܪܐ

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܡ-ܪ-ܕ (m-r-d) related to resisting, from Proto-Semitic *marad- (“to fortify, to set up resistance”). Compare Hebrew מֶרֶד (méreḏ).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [mɛrdɑ], [m(ə)rɑðɑ] (singular)
IPA^(key): [mɛrde], [m(ə)rɑðe] (plural)

Noun edit

ܡܪܕܐ • (merdā, mərāḏā) m (plural ܡܪܕܐ (merdē, mərāḏē))

rebellion, revolt
conspiracy
fortified place; castle, citadel, stronghold

Inflection edit

inflection of ܡܪܕܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܪܕ	ܡܪܕܝܢ
construct	ܡܪܕ	ܡܪܕܝ
emphatic	ܡܪܕܐ	ܡܪܕܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܪܕܝ	ܡܪܕܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܪܕܟ	ܡܪܕܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܪܕܟܝ	ܡܪܕܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܪܕܗ	ܡܪܕܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܪܕܗ	ܡܪܕܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܪܕܢ	ܡܪܕܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܪܕܟܘܢ	ܡܪܕܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܪܕܟܝܢ	ܡܪܕܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܪܕܗܘܢ	ܡܪܕܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܪܕܗܝܢ	ܡܪܕܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܪ-ܕ-ܐ (r-d-ʾ) related to travelling.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [marde], [mɛrde] (singular and plural)

Noun edit

ܡܪܕܐ • (mardē, merdē) m (plural ܡܪܕܐ) (invariant)

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [m(ə)rɑðɑ] (singular)
IPA^(key): [m(ə)rɑðe] (plural)

Noun edit

ܡܪܕܐ • (mərāḏā) m (plural ܡܪܕܐ (mərāḏē))

cord used to tie up a camel

Inflection edit

inflection of ܡܪܕܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܪܕܐ	ܡܪܕܐܝܢ
construct	ܡܪܕܐ	ܡܪܕܐܝ
emphatic	ܡܪܕܐܐ	ܡܪܕܐܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܪܕܐܝ	ܡܪܕܐܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܪܕܐܟ	ܡܪܕܐܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܪܕܐܟܝ	ܡܪܕܐܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܪܕܐܗ	ܡܪܕܐܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܪܕܐܗ	ܡܪܕܐܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܪܕܐܢ	ܡܪܕܐܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܪܕܐܟܘܢ	ܡܪܕܐܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܪܕܐܟܝܢ	ܡܪܕܐܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܪܕܐܗܘܢ	ܡܪܕܐܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܪܕܐܗܝܢ	ܡܪܕܐܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 4 edit

Unknown. There was an ancient Northwestern Iranian people called the Μάρδοι (Márdoi, “Mardes”) or Ἄμαρδοι (Ámardoi, “Amardes”), a term presumably identical to Persian (mard, “man”). But identity with the Aramaic word above for a “fortified place, stronghold”, as which the place is described in ancient sources, is more straightforward.

Alternative forms edit

ܡܪܕܝܢ (merdīn, mardīn) (pluralized)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [mɛrdɑ], [mardɑ]

Proper noun edit

ܡܪܕܐ • (merdā, mardā)

Mardin (a city in today’s Mardin Province in Turkey)
- a. 680, Naṣīr al-Kaʿbī, editor, A Short Chronicle of the End of the Sasanian Empire and Early Islam 590–660 A.D., Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, published 2016, →ISBN, page 48 [25]:
  ܗܝܕܝܢ ܟܢܫ ܟܘܣܪܘ ܚܝܠܘ̈ܬܐ ܘܥܠܝ ܠܐܪܥܐ ܕܪ̈ܗܘܡܢܐ. ܘܥܒܕ ܬܪ̈ܥܢ ܪ̈ܒܝ ܚ̈ܝܠܐ ܘܫܕܪ ܠܡܥܪܒܐ. ܘܟܒܫܘ ܠܡܪܕܐ ܘܠܐܡܕ. ܘܠܡܝܦܪܩܛ ܘܠܐܘܪܗܝ.
  Then Khusrow swept together an army and encroached upon the lands of the Byzantines. He appointed two commanders whom he sent to the West, and they pressed upon Mardin, ʾAmed, Mayparqeṭ and Urfa.

References edit

“mrd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
“mrdy²”, 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, page 191b
Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 339a
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 299b
Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 2219
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, page 827b
Wild, Stefan (1973) Libanesische Ortsnamen (Beiruter Texte und Studien; 9)‎^[1], Würzburg · Bayrūt: Ergon-Verlag · al-Furat, published 2008, →ISBN, pages 95–96

Anagrams edit

ܡܕܪܐ