ܡܘܬܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܡ ܘ ܬ (m w t)
6 terms

Etymology

From Aramaic מַוְתָא (mawṯā), from Proto-Semitic *mawut-; cognate with Arabic مَوْت (mawt), Hebrew מָוֶת (mávet), Akkadian 𒍗 (mūtu, ), and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎚 (mt).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܡܵܘܬܵܐ (māwtām (plural ܡܵܘܬܹ̈ܐ (māwtē))

  1. death (the cessation of life and all associated processes)
    ܡܘܼܚܸܒܵܟ݂ܝ ܠܹܗ ܡ̣ܢ ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܗܲܠ ܡܵܘܬܵܐ.
    He loved you from life until death.
    ܡܲܘܬܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܨܒ݂ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܟܠ ܡܸܣܟܹܝܢܐ ܘܟܠ ܥܲܬܝܼܪܵܐ ܒܸܕ ܐܵܪܸܥmawtā ìlēh ṣḇūṯā dkul miskēnā w-kul ˁatīrā bid āriˁDeath is a matter that every poor man and every rich man will meet.
  2. a death
    Synonym: ܡܝܵܬ݂ܬܵܐ (myāṯtā)
    ܡܲܘܬܵܐ ܕܒܲܟ݂ܬܹܗ ܟܸܡ ܫܵܒ݂ܸܩ ܠܹܗ ܕܡܓܲܠܘܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܢܲܦ̮ܫܹܗ ܡܸܢ ܥܵܠܡܵܐmawtā dbaḵtēh kim šāḇiq lēh dmgalwē lāh nafšēh min ˁālmāThe death of his wife caused him to exile himself from the world.
  3. way of dying, cause of death

Inflection

    Inflection of ܡܵܘܬܵܐ (māwtā)
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute 1st person ܡܵܘܬܝܼ
(māwtī)
ܡܵܘܬܲܢ
(māwtan)
construct ܡܵܘܬ
(māwt)
2nd person ܡܵܘܬܘܼܟ݂
(māwtūḵ)
ܡܵܘܬܵܟ݂ܝ
(māwtāḵ)
ܡܵܘܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(māwtāwḵōn)
emphatic ܡܵܘܬܵܐ
(māwtā)
3rd person ܡܵܘܬܹܗ
(māwtēh)
ܡܵܘܬܵܗ̇
(māwtāh)
ܡܵܘܬܗܘܿܢ
(māwthōn)
plural absolute 1st person ܡܵܘܬܝܼ̈
(māwtī)
ܡܵܘܬܲܢ̈
(māwtan)
construct ܡܵܘܬܲܝ̈
(māwtay)
2nd person ܡܵܘܬܘܼ̈ܟ݂
(māwtūḵ)
ܡܵܘܬܵܟ݂ܝ̈
(māwtāḵ)
ܡܵܘܬܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(māwtāwḵōn)
emphatic ܡܵܘܬܹ̈ܐ
(māwtē)
3rd person ܡܵܘܬܘܼ̈ܗܝ
(māwtūh)
ܡܵܘܬ̈ܘܿܗ̇
(māwtōh)
ܡܵܘܬܗ̈ܘܿܢ
(māwthōn)

Antonyms

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܡ-ܘ-ܬ (m-w-t) related to dying, from Proto-Semitic *mawut-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒍗 (mūtu, ), Arabic مَوْت (mawt), Hebrew מָוֶת (māweṯ), and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎚 (mt).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܡܘܬܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܡܘܬܐ)

  1. death
  2. way of dying, cause of death
  3. execution
  4. (pathology) plague, pestilence

Inflection

References

  • mwt”, 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, p. 179b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 260b
  • 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. 731b