ܡܠܬܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܡ ܠ ܠ (m l l)
6 terms

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic מֵלְּתָא (melləṯā); compare Hebrew מִלָּה (milá) with the sense of “logos” a semantic loan from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܡܸܠܬ݂ܵܐ (milṯāf sg (plural ܡܸܠܹ̈ܐ (millē) or ܡܸܠܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (millāṯē))

  1. word
    Synonym: ܬܲܢܲܝܬܵܐ (tannaytā)
  2. saying, sentence, statement, speech
    Synonym: ܐܸܡܵܪܬܵܐ (immārtā)
  3. thing, matter, affair, case, cause, reason
  4. pledge, promise; consent, permission
    Synonym: ܬܲܢܲܝܬܵܐ (tannaytā)
  5. (grammar) verb
  6. (Christianity) Logos
    • John 1:1
      ܒܪܵܫܝܼܬ݂ ܝܼܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܡܸܠܬ݂ܵܐ. ܘܗ̇ܘ ܡܸܠܬ݂ܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܠܘܵܬ݂ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ. ܘܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܗ̇ܘ ܡܸܠܬ݂ܵܐ.
      brāšīṯ īwā milṯā. w-awa milṯā ìwā lwāṯ alāhā. w-alāhā ìwā awa milṯā.
      In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Usage notes

The sense of “Logos” is masculine while all other senses are feminine.

Inflection

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܡ-ܠ-ܠ (m-l-l) related to speaking; compare Hebrew מִלָּה (millâ). The sense of “logos” is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܡܠܬܐ (melləṯāc (plural ܡܠܐ (mellē))

  1. word
  2. meaning, definition
  3. saying, sentence, statement
  4. (grammar) verb; voice
  5. discourse, tract, speech, narration
  6. proverb
  7. precept, command
  8. intelligence, reason, logic
  9. thing, matter, affair
  10. fact, case, cause, reason
  11. pledge, promise
  12. consent, permission
  13. (Christianity) logos

Usage notes

The sense of "logos" is usually masculine while all other senses are usually feminine.

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  • mlh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-09
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 183a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 274b-275a
  • 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 775a-b

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