ܡܢܝܢܐ

From Aramaic מִנְיָנָא (minyānā); cognate to Hebrew מִנְיָן (minyán).

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ܡܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ • (minyānā) m sg (plural ܡܸܢܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ (minyānē))

1. number, numeral, figure

   ܡܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܪ̈ܲܕܵܝܵܬܹܐ ܓܵܘ ܒܹܝܬ ܡܲܟܠܝܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܚܲܡܸܫ.

   minyānā d-raddāyātē gāw bēt maklyā ìlēh ḥammiš.

   The number of cars in the parking lot is five.

   ܓܵܘ ܬܵܘܵܢܵܐ ܕܣܸܕܪܵܐ ܐܝܼܬ ܒܹܗ ܡܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܦܵܬܘܿܪܹ̈ܐ ܘܟܘܼܪ̈ܣܵܘܵܬܹܐ.

   gāw tāwānā d-sidrā īt bēh minyānā d-pātōrē w-kursāwātē.

   In the classroom there are a number of tables.

2. numbering, enumeration, census

   ܡܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܡܵܘܬܹ̈ܐ ܒܹܐ݇ܣܵܩܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ. ― minyānā d-māwtē bēsāqā ìlēh. ― The death toll is rising.

3. (grammar) number
4. (arithmetic) sum

• ܡܸܢܝܵܢܵܝܵܐ (minyānāyā, “numeral, numeric”)

• ܪܲܩܡܵܐ (raqmā, “digit”)
• ܣܘܼܝܵܟ݂ܵܐ (suyyāḵā, “sum, total”)

From the root ܡ-ܢ-ܐ (m-n-ʾ) related to counting. Compare Hebrew מִנְיָן (minyān).

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• IPA^(key): (plural)

ܡܢܝܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܢܝܢܐ)

1. number, figure
2. few, some
3. numbering, enumeration, census
4. (arithmetic) sum
5. reckoning, account, computation, calculation
6. (grammar) number
7. chronology, time, era, epoch
8. review

• ܡܢܝܢܘܬܐ
• ܡܢܝܢܝܐ

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

ܡܢܝܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܢܝܢܐ)

1. weevil, worm, maggot
2. fly

• “mnyn”, 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. 187a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 282a
• 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. 783a-b