ܡܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *maʾ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmaj.jɑ]

Noun

ܡܝܐ (mayyā) m (plural only; not used in singular form)

  1. water
  2. juice, sap
  3. albumen, egg white
  4. various bodily fluids; urine; semen; menstrual fluid

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܒܝܬ ܡܝܐ (bêṯ mayyā)
  • ܡܗܐ (məhā)
  • ܡܗܝܐ (mahhāyā)
  • ܡܗܝܘܬܐ (mahhāyūṯā)
  • ܡܝܢܐ (mayyānā)
  • ܡܝܢܘܬܐ (mayyānūṯā)
  • ܡܝܢܝܐ (mayyānāyā)
  • ܡܝܢܝܘܬܐ (mayyānāyūṯā)

References

  • myyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-08
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 181b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 268b
  • 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. 750b
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