Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Etymology edit

Root
ܪ ܕ ܐ (r d ˀ)
3 terms

From ܡܲܪܕܝܵܐ (mardyā, flow, watercourse; journey) +‎ -ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (-ūṯā, the abstract noun ending), derived from the verb ܪܵܕ݂ܹܐ (rāḏē, to flow, move along).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [mar.duːθɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [mar.duːtɑː]

Noun edit

ܡܲܪܕܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (mardūṯāf sg (plural ܡܲܪ̈ܕܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ (mardwāṯē) or ܡܲܪ̈ܕܘܼܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ (mardūyāṯē))

  1. culture, civilization
  2. training, education, instruction, discipline
  3. chastisement, good manners, courtesy, etiquette

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

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Classical Syriac edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [marduθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [mard(ə)wɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܡ-ܪ-ܕ (m-r-d) related to resisting.

Noun edit

ܡܪܕܘܬܐ (mardūṯāf (plural ܡܪܕܘܬܐ)

  1. rebellion, revolt
  2. defection
  3. impudence, insolence
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

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

Noun edit

ܡܪܕܘܬܐ (mardūṯāf (plural ܡܪܕܘܬܐ)

  1. training, education, instruction, discipline
  2. doctrine, science
  3. correction
  4. chastisement
  5. cultivation, formation
  6. culture
Inflection edit

References edit

  • mrdw”, 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, pp. 191b, 339a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 299b
  • 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. 828a