ܡܐܟܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܡܐܟܢܐ (mēkannē) reborrowed through Latin māchina, from Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܐ • (mākēnā) f sg (plural ܡܵܐܟܹܢܹ̈ܐ (mākēnē))
Inflection edit
Inflection of ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܐ (mākēnā)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܝܼ (mākēnī) |
ܡܵܐܟܹܢܲܢ (mākēnan) | ||
| construct | ܡܵܐܟܹܢ (mākēn) |
2nd person | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܘܼܟ݂ (mākēnūḵ) |
ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܟ݂ܝ (mākēnāḵ) |
ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (mākēnāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܐ (mākēnā) |
3rd person | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܹܗ (mākēnēh) |
ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܗ̇ (mākēnāh) |
ܡܵܐܟܹܢܗܘܿܢ (mākēnhōn) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܝܼ̈ (mākēnī) |
ܡܵܐܟܹܢܲܢ̈ (mākēnan) | ||
| construct | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܲܝ̈ (mākēnay) |
2nd person | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (mākēnūḵ) |
ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (mākēnāḵ) |
ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (mākēnāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܹ̈ܐ (mākēnē) |
3rd person | ܡܵܐܟܹܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (mākēnūh) |
ܡܵܐܟܹܢ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (mākēnōh) |
ܡܵܐܟܹܢܗ̈ܘܿܢ (mākēnhōn) | ||
Derived terms edit
- ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܝܵܐ (mākēnāyā, “mechanical”)
- ܦܵܠܹܚ ܡܵܐܟܹܢܹ̈ܐ (pālēḥ mākēnē, “mechanic”)
- ܡܲܚܵܪܘܼܬ ܡܵܐܟܹܢܹ̈ܐ (maḥḥārūt mākēnē, “mechanical engineering”)
- ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܐ ܡܡܲܣܝܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ (mākēnā mmasyānītā, “washing machine”)
- ܡܵܐܟܹܢ ܒܸܨܝܵܢܵܐ (mākēn biṣyānā, “search engine”)
- ܡܵܐܟܹܢ ܫܲܦܵܪܘܼܬܵܐ (mākēn šappārūtā, “sewing machine”)
Classical Syriac edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܡܐܟܢܐ • (mēkannē) f (plural ܡܐܟܢܘܬܐ or ܡܝܟܢܣ or ܡܐܟܢܣ or ܡܗܟܢܐܣ or ܡܟܗܢܐܣ or ܡܐܟܢܘܣ or ܡܐܟܝܢܘܣ)
- machine, device, engine
- siege engine
- deceit, fraud
- stratagem
- (agriculture) irrigation
- (by extension) irrigated land
References edit
- “mˀkn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 247a,
- 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 701b