ܡܕܒܚܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܕ-ܒ-ܚ (d-b-ḥ) related to sacrificing. Compare Arabic مَذْبَح (maḏbaḥ) and Hebrew מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbḗaḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maðb(ə)ħɑ/ (singular)
  • IPA(key): /maðb(ə)ħe/ (plural)

Noun

ܡܕܒܚܐ (maḏbəḥām (plural ܡܕܒܚܐ (maḏbəḥē))

  1. altar
  2. chapel, oratory, sanctuary
  3. church choir

Inflection

Descendants

  • Malayalam: മദ്ബഹാ (madbahā), മദ്ബഹ (madbaha)

References

  • mdbḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 57a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 251b
  • 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, pages 711b-712a