ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܥ-ܡ-ܕ (ʿ-m-d) related to baptizing; compare Arabic مَعْمُودِيَّة (maʕmūdiyya).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ (maʿmōdīṯāf (plural ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ)

  1. washing
  2. pond, pool, basin, piscina
  3. (Christianity) baptism
  4. shortened form of ܒܝܬ ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ (bêṯ maʿmōḏīṯā)

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Malayalam: മാമോദീസ (māmōdīsa)

References

  • mˁmwdy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-31
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 255b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 289b
  • 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. 802a-b