ܡܕܝܢܬܐ

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Classical SyriacEdit

EtymologyEdit

From the root ܕ-ܘ-ܢ‏ (d-w-n). Compare Arabic مَدِينَة‏ (madīna(t)) and Hebrew מְדִינָה‏ (məḏînâ).

PronunciationEdit

• (singular):
  • (East Syriac) IPA^(key): [m(ə)ˈðittɑ]
  • (West Syriac) IPA^(key): [m(ə)ˈðittɔ]
• (singular construct):
  • (East Syriac) IPA^(key): [m(ə)ˈðinaθ]
  • (West Syriac) IPA^(key): [m(ə)ðiˈnaθ]
• (plural):
  • (East Syriac) IPA^(key): [m(ə)ˈðine], [m(ə)ðiˈnɑθɑ]
  • (West Syriac) IPA^(key): [m(ə)ˈðine], [m(ə)ðiˈnɔθɔ]

NounEdit

ܡܕ݂ܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ • (məḏīttā) f (plural ܡܕܝܢܬܐ or ܡܕܝܢܐ‏)

1. city, town
2. region
3. (rare) province, country

InflectionEdit

    declension of ܡܕܝܢܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܕܝܢܐ	ܡܕܝܢܢ ,ܡܕܝܢܝܢ
construct	ܡܕܝܢܬ	ܡܕܝܢܬ ,ܡܕܝܢܝ
emphatic	ܡܕܝܢܬܐ	ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ,ܡܕܝܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܕܝܢܬܝ	ܡܕܝܢܬܝ ,ܡܕܝܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܕܝܢܬܟ	ܡܕܝܢܬܟ ,ܡܕܝܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܕܝܢܬܟܝ	ܡܕܝܢܬܟܝ ,ܡܕܝܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܕܝܢܬܗ	ܡܕܝܢܬܗ ,ܡܕܝܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܕܝܢܬܗ	ܡܕܝܢܬܗ ,ܡܕܝܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܕܝܢܬܢ	ܡܕܝܢܬܢ ,ܡܕܝܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܕܝܢܬܟܘܢ	ܡܕܝܢܬܟܘܢ ,ܡܕܝܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܕܝܢܬܟܝܢ	ܡܕܝܢܬܟܝܢ ,ܡܕܝܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܕܝܢܬܗܘܢ	ܡܕܝܢܬܗܘܢ ,ܡܕܝܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܕܝܢܬܗܝܢ	ܡܕܝܢܬܗܝܢ ,ܡܕܝܢܝܗܝܢ

Derived termsEdit

• ܡܕܝܢܝܐ‏ (məḏīnāyā)
• ܡܕܝܢܝܘܬܐ‏ (məḏīnāyūṯā)
• ܡܕܝܢܬܘܢܝܬܐ‏ (məḏī[n]tōnīṯā)

ReferencesEdit

• “mdynh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-05
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 60b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 252b
• 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. 713b