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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic מַלְכְּתָא (malkəṯā); compare Arabic مَلِكَة (malika) and Hebrew מַלְכָּה (malká).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܡܲܠܟܬ݂ܵܐ • (malkṯā) f (plural ܡܲܠܟ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (malkāṯā) or ܡܲܠܟ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (malkyāṯā), masculine ܡܲܠܟܵܐ (malkā))
- queen (usually the king’s mother)
- any ruler; queen, empress, toparch
- (chess) queen
- (card games) queen
Inflection
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| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
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| singular | absolute | ܡܲܠܟܵܐ (malkā) | 1st person | ܡܲܠܟܬܝܼ (malktī) | ܡܲܠܟܬܲܢ (malktan) | |||
| construct | ܡܲܠܟܲܬ݂ (malkaṯ) | 2nd person | ܡܲܠܟܬܘܼܟ݂ (malktōḵ) | ܡܲܠܟܬܵܟ݂ܝ (malktāḵ) | ܡܲܠܟܬܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (malktawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܲܠܟܬܵܐ (malktā) | 3rd person | ܡܲܠܟܬܹܗ (malktēh) | ܡܲܠܟܬܵܗ̇ (malktāh) | ܡܲܠܟܬܗܘܿܢ (malkthōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܡܲܠܟܵܢ̈ (malkān) | 1st person | ܡܲܠܟܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (malkāṯī) | ܡܲܠܟܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (malkāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܡܲܠܟܵܬ݂̈ (malkāṯ) | 2nd person | ܡܲܠܟܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (malkāṯōḵ) | ܡܲܠܟܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (malkāṯāḵ) | ܡܲܠܟܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (malkāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܲܠܟ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (malkāṯā) | 3rd person | ܡܲܠܟ̈ܵܬ݂ܹܗ (malkāṯēh) | ܡܲܠܟ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (malkāṯāh) | ܡܲܠܟܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (malkāṯhōn) | |||
Coordinate terms
| Chess pieces in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܟܹܐܦܲܝ̈ ܛܠܲܦ̈ܣܵܢܹܐ (kēpay ṭlapsānē) (layout · text) | |||||
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| ܡܲܠܟܵܐ (malkā) | ܡܲܠܟܬ݂ܵܐ (malkṯā) | ܩܲܠܥܵܐ (qalˁā) | ܦܝܼܠܵܐ (pīlā) | ܣܘܼܣܹܐ (sūsē) | ܩܘܿܛܝܼܢ (qōṭīn), ܕܲܚܫܵܐ (daḥšā) |
Derived terms
- ܡܲܠܟܲܬ݂ ܫܘܼܦܪܵܐ (malkaṯ šuprā)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *malk-. Compare Arabic مَلِكَة (malika) and Hebrew מַלְכָּה (malkâ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܡܠܟܬܐ • (malkəṯā) f (plural ܡܠܟܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܡܠܟܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
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| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܠܟܐ | 1st person | ܡܠܟܬܝ | ܡܠܟܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܠܟܬ | 2nd person | ܡܠܟܬܟ | ܡܠܟܬܟܝ | ܡܠܟܬܟܘܢ | ܡܠܟܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܠܟܬܐ | 3rd person | ܡܠܟܬܗ | ܡܠܟܬܗ | ܡܠܟܬܗܘܢ | ܡܠܟܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܡܠܟܢ | 1st person | ܡܠܟܬܢ | ܡܠܟܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܠܟܬ | 2nd person | ܡܠܟܬܟ | ܡܠܟܬܟܝ | ܡܠܟܬܟܘܢ | ܡܠܟܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܠܟܬܐ | 3rd person | ܡܠܟܬܗ | ܡܠܟܬܗ | ܡܠܟܬܗܘܢ | ܡܠܟܬܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
References
- “mlkh”, 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 186a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 278a
- 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, →ISBN, page 773a