ܡܢܝܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɛnjɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [mɛnjɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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
Inflection
Derived terms
  • ܡܢܝܢܘܬܐ
  • ܡܢܝܢܝܐ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [m(ə)ninɑ(ʔ)], [manninɑ(ʔ)], [mɑninɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [m(ə)nine(ʔ)], [mannine(ʔ)], [mɑnine(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܢܝܢܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܢܝܢܐ)

  1. weevil, worm, maggot
  2. fly
Inflection

References

  • 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
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