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ܡܢܝܘܬܐ

ܡܢܝܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mannɑjuθɑ(ʔ)], [mɑnɑjuθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܡܢܝܘܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

  1. arithmetic
  2. numbering, enumeration
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the interrogative pronoun ܡܢܐ (mānā(ʾ), what?) + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɑnɑjuθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܡܢܝܘܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

  1. quiddity
Inflection

References

  • mnyw”, 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. 187b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 281b
  • 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. 782b