Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܡ-ܬ-ܢ (m-t-n) related to waiting. Compare Hebrew מֹתֶן (mṓṯen).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [mattantɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [mat(tə)nɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܡܬܢܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܡܬܢܬܐ)

  1. (anatomy) loins, ribs, side
  2. (figuratively) mountain ridge; gravel shelf

Usage notes edit

This word is usually used in the plural.

Inflection edit

References edit

  • mtnn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-06-03
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 194b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 319b
  • 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. 872a