ܡܬܢܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܡܬܢܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܬܢܬܐ)

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

Usage notes

This word is usually used in the plural.

Inflection

    declension of ܡܬܢܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܬܢܐ	ܡܬܢܢ
construct	ܡܬܢܬ	ܡܬܢܬ
emphatic	ܡܬܢܬܐ	ܡܬܢܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܬܢܬܝ	ܡܬܢܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܬܢܬܟ	ܡܬܢܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܬܢܬܟܝ	ܡܬܢܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܬܢܬܗ	ܡܬܢܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܬܢܬܗ	ܡܬܢܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܬܢܬܢ	ܡܬܢܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܬܢܬܟܘܢ	ܡܬܢܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܬܢܬܟܝܢ	ܡܬܢܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܬܢܬܗܘܢ	ܡܬܢܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܬܢܬܗܝܢ	ܡܬܢܬܗܝܢ

References

• “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