ܡܕܢܚܐ
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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
| Root |
|---|
| ܕ ܢ ܚ (d n ḥ) |
| 5 terms |
Etymology
From Aramaic מַדנְחָא (maḏnəḥā), derived from the same root as ܕܸܢܚܵܐ (dinḥā, “sunrise”); cognate to Hebrew מִזְרָח (mizrákh).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ • (madnḥā) m (uncountable)
- east, orient
- Synonyms: ܡܲܣܩܵܢܵܐ (masqānā), ܐܸܣܵܩ ܝܲܘܡܵܐ (issāq yawmā)
- ܒܨܲܦܪܵܐ ܫܸܡܫܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܕܵܢܚܵܐ ܒܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ ܘܒܪܲܡܫܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܥܵܪܒ݂ܵܐ ܒܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ.
- b-ṣaprā šimšā kē dānḥā b-maḏnḥā w-b-ramšā kē ˁārḇā bmaˁrḇā.
- In the morning the sun rises in the east, and in the evening sets in the west.
Inflection
Inflection of ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (maḏnḥā)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
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| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܝܼ (maḏnḥī) | ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܲܢ (maḏnḥan) | ||
| construct | ܡܲܕ݂ܢܲܚ (maḏnaḥ) |
2nd person | ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܘܼܟ݂ (maḏnḥūḵ) |
ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܟ݂ܝ (maḏnḥāḵ) |
ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (maḏnḥāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (maḏnḥā) |
3rd person | ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܹܗ (maḏnḥēh) |
ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܗ̇ (maḏnḥāh) |
ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܗܘܿܢ (maḏnḥhōn) | ||
Coordinate terms
- (compass points) ܦܸܢܝܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܫܸܪ̈ܫܵܢܵܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ (pinyāṯē širšānāyāṯē);
| ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (garbē maˁrḇā) | ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ (garbyā) | ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (garbē maḏnḥā) |
| ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maˁrḇā) | 
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ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (maḏnḥā) |
| ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (tayman maˁrḇā) | ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (taymnā) | ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (tayman maḏnḥā) |
Derived terms
- ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ ܡܸܨܥܵܝܵܐ (maḏnḥā miṣˁāyā, “Middle East”)
- ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (maḏnḥāˀīṯ, “easternly”)
- ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (maḏnḥāyūṯā, “easternness”)
- ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܝܵܐ (maḏnḥāyā, “eastern, oriental”)
- ܥܹܕܬܵܐ ܕܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ ܕܐܵܬ݂ܘܼܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (ˁēdtā dmaḏnḥā d-āṯūrāyē, “Assyrian Church of the East”)
- ܦܵܘܚܵܐ ܕܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (pāwḥā dmaḏnḥā, “east wind”)
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
Noun
ܡܕܢܚܐ • (maḏnəḥā) c (uncountable)
Antonyms
- ܡܥܪܒܐ (maʿrəḇā)
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