ܡܘܬܢܐ

Possibly from Akkadian mūtānu.

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ܡܵܘܬܵܢܵܐ • (māwtānā) m (plural ܡܵܘܬܵܢܹ̈ܐ (māwtānē))

1. (pathology) plague, pestilence (highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating epidemic disease)

   ܡܵܘܬܵܢܵܐ ܓܘܼܪܵܐ ܩܛܝܼܠ ܠܹܗ ܡܸܠܝܘܿܢ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܐ ܓܵܘ ܐܹܘܪܘܿܦܵܐ

   māwtānā gūrā qṭīl lēh milyōn nāšē gāw ēwrōpā

   The great plague killed a million people in Europe.

2. plague (widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution)

   ܥܸܣܪܵܐ ܡܵܘܬܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܥܲܠ ܡܸܨܪܹܝܢ، ܡ̣ܢ ܩܲܡܨܹ̈ܐ ܗܲܠ ܡܵܘܬܵܐ ܕܒܘܼܟ݂ܪܵܐ ܕܡܲܠܟܵܐ، ܐ݇ܚܵܪܵܐܝܼܬ ܦܸܪܥܘܿܢ ܫܒ݂ܝܼܩ ܠܹܗ ܛܵܝܸܦܵܐ ܕܡܘܼܫܹܐ ܠܹܐ݇ܙܵܠܵܐ.

   ˁisrā māwtānē ˁal miṣrēn, min qamṣē hal māwtā d-buḵrā d-malkā, ḥārāˀīt pirˁōn šḇīq lēh ṭāyippā d-mūšē lēzālā.

   Ten plagues over Egypt, from locusts to the death of the king's firstborn, finally Pharaoh let Moses's people go.

ܡܲܘܬܵܐ (mawtā, “death”) +‎ -ܢܐ (-ānā)

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ܡܲܘܬܵܢܵܐ • (mawtānā) (feminine ܡܲܘܬܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (mawtānīṯā), plural ܡܲܘ̈ܬܵܢܹܐ (mawtānē))

1. causing death, deadly, mortal, lethal

   ܚܛܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܡܲܘܬܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ ― ḥṭīṯā mawtānīṯā ― Mortal sin.

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From Aramaic מוֹתָנָא (mōṯānā), from Akkadian 𒉆𒁁𒈨𒌍 (/⁠mūtānu⁠/), possibly a loan from Amorite or a Hittite intermediary as the Akkadian 𒉡 (/⁠nu, -annu⁠/) is found frequently in loanwords or re-borrowings that have passed through Anatolia. Ultimate origin from Proto-Semitic *mawt- (“death, ceasing, non-existence”)

ܡܘܬܢܐ • (mawṯānā) m (plural ܡܘܬܢܐ (mawṯānē))

1. plague

Calque of Arabic محافظة المثنى

ܡܘܬܢܐ • (mūṯannā)

1. Muthanna (a governorate of Iraq).