ܡܕܢܚܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܕ ܢ ܚ (d n ḥ)
3 terms

Etymology

From Aramaic מַדנְחָא (maḏnəḥā), derived from the same root as דֵנְחָא (denəḥā, sunrise); cognate to Hebrew מִזְרָח (mizrákh).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ma.dən.xɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ma.ðən.ħɑː]

Noun

ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ • (madnḥā) m (uncountable)

  1. east, orient
    Synonym: ܡܲܣܩܵܢܵܐ (masqānā)
    ܒܨܲܦܪܵܐ ܫܸܡܫܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܕܵܢܹܚ ܒܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ ܘܒܪܲܡܫܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܥܵܪܹܒ݂ ܒܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ.
    b-ṣaprā šimšā kē dānēḥ b-madnḥā w-b-ramšā kē ˁārēḇ b-maˁrḇā.
    In the morning the sun rises in the east, and in the evening sets in the west.

Inflection

Coordinate terms

ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (garbē maˁrḇā) ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ (garbyā) ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ (garbē madnḥā)
ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maˁrḇā) ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ (madnḥā)
ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (tayman maˁrḇā) ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (taymnā) ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ (tayman madnḥā)

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܕ-ܢ-ܚ (d-n-ḥ) related to the rising of the sun, from Proto-Semitic *ḏ-r-ḥ; compare Hebrew מִזְרָח (mizrāḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mað.n(ə.)ħɑ]

Noun

ܡܕܢܚܐ • (maḏnəḥā) c (uncountable)

  1. east, orient
  2. sunrise, eastern sky
  3. east wind

Antonyms

References

  • mdnḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-20
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 68a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 253b-254a
  • 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. 716a
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