ܡܝܬ

From Aramaic מִית‎ (mīṯ), from Proto-Semitic *mawut-; compare Arabic مَاتَ‎ (māta), Hebrew מֵת‎ (met) and Akkadian 𒁁 (mâtum).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [mɑːjetː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [mɑːjɪθː]

ܡܵܝܹܬ • (māyēt) (present participle ܡܝܵܬܵܐ‎ (myātā), past participle ܡܝܼܬܵܐ‎ (mītā))

1. to die (to stop living)

   ‏ܡܝܼܬ ܠܹܗ ܡ̣ܢ ܥܸܠܬܵܐ ܕܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ ܘܫܘܼܢܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܠܫܡܲܝܵܐ، ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܡܲܢܸܚ ܠܹܗ.‎‎

   mit lēh min ʿiltā d-sarṭānā w-šunē lēh l-šmayyā, allāhā manniḥ lēh.

   He died of cancer and went to heaven, may he rest in peace.

   • John 11:26:

     ‏ܘܟܠ ܡ̇ܢ ܕܚܵܝܹܐ ܘܗܲܡܸܢ ܒܝܼܝܼ، ܠܹܐ ܡܵܝܹܬ ܠܥܵܠܲܡ. ܗܲܡܘܼܢܹܐ ܝܘܵܬܝ ܒܐܵܗܵܐ؟‎‎

     w-kul man d-ḥāyē w-hammin bīyī, lē māyēt l-ʿālam. hamunē ìwāt b-āhā?

     And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?

   • Phillipians 1:21:

     ‏ܣܵܒܵܒ ܐܸܠܝܼ ܠܸܚܵܝܵܐ ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ، ܘܠܸܡܝܵܬܵܐ ܝܘܼܬܪܵܢܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ.‎‎

     sābāb ilī liḥḥāyā mšīḥā ìlēh, w-limyātā yutrānā ìlēh.

     For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

2. (intensifier) very much, completely

   ‏ܡܝܼܬ ܠܝܼ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܸܢܬܵܐ‎ ― mit lī min šintā ― I'm dead tired (literally, “I died from sleepiness.”)

   ‏ܡܝܼܬ ܠܝܼ ܡ̣ܢ ܟܸܦܢܵܐ‎ ― mit lī min kipnā ― I'm starving (literally, “I died of starvation”)

   ‏ܐܲܟ݂ ܡܝܼܬ ܠܝܼ، ܡܘܼܡܪܸܥܵܐ ܠܝܼ ܐܝܼܕܝܼ‎ ― aḵ mit lī, mumriʿā lī īdī ― I'm dead, I hurt my finger

   ‏ܡܝܼܬ ܠܝܼ ܕܚܵܙܹܝܢ ܠܵܗ̇ ܐܸܕܠܲܝܠܹܐ‎ ― mit lī dḥāzēn lāh idlaylē ― I'm dying to see her tonight

3. to be crazy or mad about something.

   ‏ܡܵܝܬܹܢ ܥܲܠ ܫܸܦܬܝܼܵܐ‎ ― māytēn ʿal šiptīyā ― I'm mad about watermelon (literally, “I die over watermelon”)

   ‏ܡܵܝܬܹܢ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܩܵܬܵܟ݂ܝ‎ ― māytēn wā qātāḵ ― I would die for you

• ܚܵܝܹܐ‎ (ḥāyē, “to live”)

• ܛܵܠܹܩ‎ (ṭālēq, “to perish”)
• ܫܲܢܹܐ‎ (šannē, “to transfer, pass away”)
• ܩܵܛܹܠ‎ (qāṭēl, “to kill”)

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, originally as a verb.

• (standard) IPA^(key): [miθː]

ܡܝܼܬ݂ • (miṯ) (feminine ܡܝܼܬ݂ܲܬ݂‎ (mīṯaṯ), plural ܡܝܼܬ݂ܘܼ‎ (miṯu))

1. used to refer to someone dead in formal contexts, biographies, gravestones etc.

   ‏ܐܵܓ݂ܵܐ ܦܵܛܪܘܿܣ: ܐܸܬ݂ܝܼܠܸܕ݂ 1880، ܡܝܼܬ݂ 1932.‎‎

   āḡā pāṭros: iṯīliḏ 1880, miṯ 1932.

   Agha Petros: Born 1880, Died 1932.

   Antonym: ܐܸܬ݂ܝܼܠܸܕ݂‎ (iṯīliḏ)

• ܡܘܬ‎
• ܡܬ‎

From the root ܡ-ܘ-ܬ‎ (m-w-t) related to dying, from Proto-Semitic *mawut- through Aramaic מִית‎ (mīṯ). Compare Arabic مَاتَ‎ (māta) and Hebrew מֵת‎ (mēṯ).

• IPA^(key): [miθ]

ܡܝܬ • (mīṯ)

1. to die