ܡܢܝܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From ܡܢܝܐ (mannāyā(ʾ), “arithmetician”), from the root ܡ-ܢ-ܐ (m-n-ʾ) related to counting + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ,

Noun

ܡܢܝܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

1. arithmetic
2. numbering, enumeration

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the interrogative pronoun ܡܢܐ (mānā(ʾ), “what?”) + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ܡܢܝܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

1. quiddity

Inflection

References

• “mnyw”, 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. 187b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 281b
• 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. 782b