ܡܕܢܚܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܕ ܢ ܚ (d n ḥ)
3 terms

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ma.dən.xɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ma.ðən.ħɑː]

Noun

ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ (madnḥā) m (uncountable)

  1. east, orient
  2. sunrise

Declension

Coordinate terms

  • (compass points) ܦܸܢܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ ܫܸܪ̈ܫܵܢܵܝܵܬܹܐ (pinyātē širšānāyātē);
ܓܲܪܒܲܝ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (garbay maʿrḇā) ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ (garbyā) ܓܲܪܒܲܝ ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ (garbay madnḥā)
ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maʿrḇā) ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ (madnḥā)
ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (tayman maʿrḇā) ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (taymnā) ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ (tayman madnḥā)

Derived terms

See also


Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܕ-ܢ-ܚ (d-n-ḥ) related to the rising of the sun, from Proto-Semitic *ḏ-r-ḥ; compare Hebrew מִזְרָח (mizrāḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mað.n(ə.)ħɑ]

Noun

ܡܕܢܚܐ (maḏnəḥā) c (uncountable)

  1. east, orient
  2. sunrise, eastern sky
  3. east wind

Antonyms

References

  • mdnḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-20
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 68a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 253b-254a
  • 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. 716a
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