ܡܕܝܢܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic מְדִינְתָּא‎ (məḏīntā), from the root ܕ-ܘ-ܢ‎ (d-w-n) related to judging; compare Arabic مَدِينَة‎ (madīna, “city”), Hebrew מְדִינָה‎ (m'diná, “state”).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [mðit.taː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [mðɪt.taː]

Noun

ܡܕܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ • (mdītā) f sg (plural ܡܕܝܼܢܵܬܹ̈ܐ (mdīnātē))

  1. city (large settlement, bigger than a town)
    ‏ܐ݇ܙܝܼܠ ܠܲܢ ܠܚܕܵܐ ܡܕܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܐ݇ܚܹܪ݇ܬܵܐ ܩܵܐ ܐܲܪܒܥܵܐ ܝܵܘܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܘܐ݇ܬܹܐ ܠܲܢ ܠܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ ܥܪܘܼܒ݂ܬܵܐ ܒܩܲܝܕܵܡܬܵܐ.‎‎
    zillan l-ḵdā mdītā ḵētā qā arbʿā yāwmānē w-tīlan l-nīnwē ʿruwtā b-qaydāmtā.
    We went to another city for four days and arrived in Nineveh on Friday morning.
    ‏ܐܝܼܬ ܡܸܩܕܲܪ ܬܡܵܢܸܡܵܐܐ ܡܕܝܼܢܵܬܹ̈ܐ ܓܵܘ ܐܹܘܪܘܿܦܵܐ.‎‎
    īt miqdar tmānimāʾ mdīnātē gāw ēwropā
    There are approximately eight hundred cities in Europe.

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܕ-ܘ-ܢ‎ (d-w-n); compare Arabic مَدِينَة‎ (madīna, “city”), Hebrew מְדִינָה‎ (məḏînâ, “state”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mə.din.tɑʔ/, [m(ə.)ˈðit.tɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [m(ə.)ˈði.ne], [m(ə.)ðiˈnɑ.θɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܡܕ݂ܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ • (məḏī[n]tā) f (plural ܡܕܝܢܬܐ or ܡܕܝܢܐ‎)

  1. city, town
    Synonym: ܩܪܝܬܐ‎ (qərīṯā)
  2. region
    Synonym: ܩܠܝܡܐ‎ (qəlīmā)
  3. (rare) province, country
    Synonym: ܐܬܪܐ‎ (ʾaṯrā)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܡܕܝܢܝܐ‎ (məḏīnāyā)
  • ܡܕܝܢܝܘܬܐ‎ (məḏīnāyūṯā)
  • ܡܕܝܢܬܘܢܝܬܐ‎ (məḏī[n]tōnīṯā)

Descendants

References

  • “mdynh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-05
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 60b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 252b
  • 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 713b
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