ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܥ-ܡ-ܕ (ʿ-m-d) related to baptizing; compare Arabic مَعْمُودِيَّة (maʕmūdiyya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maʕ.moˈdi.θɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [maʕ.modˈjɑ.θɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ • (maʿmōdīṯā) f (plural ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ)

1. washing
2. pond, pool, basin, piscina
3. (Christianity) baptism
4. shortened form of ܒܝܬ ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ (bêṯ maʿmōḏīṯā)

Inflection

    declension of ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܥܡܘܕܝ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܢ
construct	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬ
emphatic	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܝ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܟ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܟܝ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܗ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܗ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܢ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܟܘܢ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܟܝܢ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܗܘܢ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܗܝܢ	ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܒܝܬ ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ (bêṯ maʿmōdīṯā)
• ܒܪܐ ܕܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ (bərā ḏ-maʿmōdīṯā)
• ܒܪܬܐ ܕܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ (barəṯā ḏ-maʿmōdīṯā)

Descendants

• → Malayalam: മാമോദീസ (māmōdīsa)

References

• “mˁmwdy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-31
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 255b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 289b
• 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. 802a-b