ܡܢܪܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܘ-ܪ‎ (n-w-r) related to illuminating. Compare Hebrew מְנוֹרָה‎ (mənôrâ). The sense of "minaret" is influenced by Arabic مَنَارَة‎ (manāra).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [m(ə)nɑrtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [m(ə)nɑrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܢܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܢܪܬܐ)

  1. candlestick, candelabrum, lampstand, menorah
  2. lighthouse
  3. minaret

Inflection
    declension of ܡܢܪܬܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܡܢܪܐ ܡܢܪܢ
construct ܡܢܪܬ ܡܢܪܬ
emphatic ܡܢܪܬܐ ܡܢܪܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܡܢܪܬܝ ܡܢܪܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܡܢܪܬܟ ܡܢܪܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܡܢܪܬܟܝ ܡܢܪܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܡܢܪܬܗ ܡܢܪܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܡܢܪܬܗ ܡܢܪܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܡܢܪܬܢ ܡܢܪܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܡܢܪܬܟܘܢ ܡܢܪܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܡܢܪܬܟܝܢ ܡܢܪܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܡܢܪܬܗܘܢ ܡܢܪܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܡܢܪܬܗܝܢ ܡܢܪܬܗܝܢ

See also

References
  • “mnrh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 200b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 283a
  • 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. 785b
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