ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܢ-ܩ (ḥ-n-q) related to strangling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maħnoqiθɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [maħnoqjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܐ • (maḥnōqīṯā) f (plural ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܐ)

1. hanging, strangling, strangulation
2. noose, halter, rope
3. snare, trap
4. (figuratively) restraint
5. torment, torture, distress

Inflection

    declension of ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܚܢܘܩܝ	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܢ
construct	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬ	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬ
emphatic	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܐ	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܝ	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܟ	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܟܝ	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܗ	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܗ	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܢ	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܟܘܢ	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܟܝܢ	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܗܘܢ	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܗܝܢ	ܡܚܢܘܩܝܬܗܝܢ

References

• “mḥnwqy”, 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, p. 111a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 265a
• 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. 741b