Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ܡ ܟ ܣ (m k s)
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From Akkadian 𒃻𒋻 (NIG2.KUD /⁠miksu⁠/, tax); compare Arabic مَكْس (maks) and Hebrew מֶכֶס (mékhes).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [maxsɑː]

Noun

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ܡܲܟ݂ܣܵܐ (maḵsām sg (plural ܡܲܟ݂ܣܹ̈ܐ (maḵsē))

  1. tax (specifically excise tax or sales tax)
  2. impost, tribute, toll
  3. customs
  4. auction
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Etymology 2

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From Akkadian 𒂗𒆬 (EN.KU3] /⁠mākisu⁠/). Compare Arabic مَاكِس (mākis) and Hebrew מוֹכֵס (môḵēs).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [mɑxːsɑː]

Noun

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ܡܵܟ݂ܣܵܐ (māḵsām sg (plural ܡܵܟ݂ܣܹ̈ܐ (māḵsē), feminine ܡܵܟ݂ܸܣܬܵܐ (māḵistā))

  1. custom house officer, tax collector, publican
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Etymology 3

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ܟ ܣ ܐ (k s ˀ)
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Causitive of ܟܵܣܹܐ (kāsē, to cover); compare Hebrew כִּסָּה (kisá).

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Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [makseː]

Verb

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ܡܲܟܣܹܐ (maksē) (present participle ܡܲܟܣܘܼܝܹܐ (maksūyē), past participle ܡܘܼܟܣܝܼܵܐ (muksīyā))

  1. (transitive) to cover, conceal [+ ܠ- (object) = to]
    ܬܲܠܓܵܐ ܡܘܼܟܣܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܠܛܘܼܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ.talgā muksē lēh l-ṭūrānē.The snow covered the mountains.
  2. to cover (an event, an occasion, a happening, etc.), to describe, to report [+ ܥܲܠ (object) = upon]
    ܓܸܠܝܘܿܢܵܝܵܐ ܡܘܼܟܣܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܥܲܠ ܟܠܵܗ̇ ܩܲܘܲܘܡܬܵܐ ܫܘܼܝܵܫܵܝܬ݂ܵܐ.gilyōnāyā muksē lēh ˁal kullāh qawwawmtā šūyāšāyṯā.The journalist covered the entire political event.
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Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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From Akkadian 𒃻𒋻 (NIG2.KUD /⁠miksu⁠/, tax). Compare Arabic مَكْس (maks) and Hebrew מֶכֶס (méḵes).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [maxsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [maxse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܡܟܣܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܡܟܣܐ)

  1. impost, tribute, toll, tax
  2. auction
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Descendants
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  • Old Armenian: մաքս (makʻs)
  • Arabic: مكس

Etymology 2

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From Akkadian 𒂗𒆬 (EN.KU3] /⁠mākisu⁠/). Compare Arabic مَاكِس (mākis) and Hebrew מוֹכֵס (môḵēs).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mɑxsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [mɑxse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܡܟܣܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܡܟܣܐ)

  1. custom house officer, tax collector, publican
Inflection
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Derived terms
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Further reading

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  • mks”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-26
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մաքս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 292ab
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 182b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 272a
  • 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 760ab