ܡܟܣܐ

From Akkadian 𒃻𒋻 (NIG₂.KUD /⁠miksu⁠/, “tax”); compare Arabic مَكْس (maks) and Hebrew מֶכֶס (mékhes).

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ܡܲܟ݂ܣܵܐ • (maḵsā) m sg (plural ܡܲܟ݂ܣܹ̈ܐ (maḵsē))

1. tax (specifically excise tax or sales tax)
2. impost, tribute, toll
3. customs
4. auction

• (tax): ܡܲܕܲܐܬܵܐ (maddaˀtā)

From Akkadian 𒂗𒆬 (EN.KU₃] /⁠mākisu⁠/). Compare Arabic مَاكِس (mākis) and Hebrew מוֹכֵס (môḵēs).

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ܡܵܟ݂ܣܵܐ • (māḵsā) m sg (plural ܡܵܟ݂ܣܹ̈ܐ (māḵsē), feminine ܡܵܟ݂ܸܣܬܵܐ (māḵistā))

1. custom house officer, tax collector, publican

• ܒܹܝܬ ܡܵܟ݂ܣܹ̈ܐ (bēt māḵsē)
• ܡܵܟ݂ܣܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (māḵsūṯā)

Causitive of ܟܵܣܹܐ (kāsē, “to cover”); compare Hebrew כִּסָּה (kisá).

• ܡܲܟܸܣ (makkis)

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ܡܲܟܣܹܐ • (maksē) (present participle ܡܲܟܣܘܼܝܹܐ (maksūyē), past participle ܡܘܼܟܣܝܼܵܐ (muksīyā))

1. (transitive) to cover, conceal

   ܬܲܠܓܵܐ ܡܘܼܟܣܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܠܛܘܼܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ. ― talgā muksē lēh l-ṭūrānē. ― The snow covered the mountains.

2. to cover (an event, an occasion, a happening, etc.), to describe, to report

   ܓܸܠܝܘܿܢܵܝܵܐ ܡܘܼܟܣܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܥܲܠ ܟܠܵܗ̇ ܩܲܘܲܘܡܬܵܐ ܫܘܼܝܵܫܵܝܬ݂ܵܐ. ― gilyōnāyā muksē lēh ˁal kullāh qawwawmtā šūyāšāyṯā. ― The journalist covered the entire political event.

Causitive of ܟܵܣܹܐ (kāsē, “to cover”); compare Hebrew כִּסָּה (kisá).

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ܡܟܲܣܹܐ • (mkassē) (present participle ܡܟܲܣܘܿܝܹܐ (mkasōyē), past participle ܡܟܘܼܣܝܵܐ (mkusyā))

1. (transitive) to cover, conceal

From Akkadian 𒃻𒋻 (NIG₂.KUD /⁠miksu⁠/, “tax”). Compare Arabic مَكْس (maks) and Hebrew מֶכֶס (méḵes).

• IPA^(key): (singular)
• IPA^(key): (plural)

ܡܟܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܟܣܐ)

1. impost, tribute, toll, tax
2. auction

• → Old Armenian: մաքս (makʻs)
• → Arabic: مكس

From Akkadian 𒂗𒆬 (EN.KU₃] /⁠mākisu⁠/). Compare Arabic مَاكِس (mākis) and Hebrew מוֹכֵס (môḵēs).

• IPA^(key): (singular)
• IPA^(key): (plural)

ܡܟܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܟܣܐ)

1. custom house officer, tax collector, publican

• ܒܝܬ ܡܟܣܐ
• ܡܟܣܘܬܐ

• “mks”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-26
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մաքս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 292ab
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 182b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 272a
• 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, page 760ab