ܡܠܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܡ-ܠ-ܠ‎ (m-l-l) related to speaking; compare Hebrew מִלָּה‎ (millâ). The sense of “logos” is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈmɛl.(lə.)θɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈmɪl.θɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈmel.θo]

Noun

ܡܠܬܐ • (melləṯā) c (plural ܡܠܐ‎ (mellē))

  1. word
  2. meaning, definition
  3. saying, sentence, statement
  4. (grammar) verb; voice
  5. discourse, tract, speech, narration
  6. proverb
  7. precept, command
  8. intelligence, reason, logic
  9. thing, matter, affair
  10. fact, case, cause, reason
  11. pledge, promise
  12. consent, permission
  13. (Christianity) logos

Usage notes

The sense of "logos" is usually masculine while all other senses are usually feminine.

Inflection
    declension of ܡܠܬܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܡܠܐ ܡܠܝܢ
construct ܡܠܬ ܡܠܝ
emphatic ܡܠܬܐ ܡܠܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܡܠܬܝ ܡܠܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܡܠܬܟ ܡܠܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܡܠܬܟܝ ܡܠܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܡܠܬܗ ܡܠܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܡܠܬܗ ܡܠܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܡܠܬܢ ܡܠܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܡܠܬܟܘܢ ܡܠܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܡܠܬܟܝܢ ܡܠܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܡܠܬܗܘܢ ܡܠܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܡܠܬܗܝܢ ܡܠܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms
  • ܡܠܘܢܝܬܐ‎ (mellōnīṯā, “little word”)
  • ܡܠܬ ܫܘܒܚܐ‎ (mellaṯ šuḇḥā, “doxology”)
  • ܡܠܬ ܫܡܐ‎ (mellaṯ šəmā, “adjective, participle”)
  • ܡܠܬ ܫܡܐ ܓܕܝܡܬܐ‎ (mellaṯ šəmā gəḏīmtā, “predicate adjective”)
  • ܡܠܬ ܫܡܐ ܡܝܡܝܬܐ‎ (mellaṯ šəmā mīmāytā, “infinitive”)
  • ܡܠܬܐ ܚܫܘܫܬܐ‎ (melləṯā ḥāšōštā, “passive voice”)
  • ܡܠܬܐ ܥܒܘܕܬܐ‎ (melləṯā ʿāḇōḏtā, “active voice”)
  • ܡܠܬܐ ܦܩܘܕܬܐ‎ (melləṯā pāqōḏtā, “imperative”)
  • ܡܠܬܘܢܝܬܐ‎ (melləṯōnīṯā, “little word”)
  • ܥܠ ܡܠܬܐ‎ (ʿal melləṯā, “adverb”)

References
  • “mlh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-09
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 183a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 274b-275a
  • 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 775a-b

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