ܡܡܠܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the root ܡ-ܠ-ܠ (m-l-l) related to speaking. Compare Hebrew מֶלֶל (mélel).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mam(lə)lɑ]

Noun

ܡܡܠܠܐ • (mamləlā) m (uncountable)

  1. speech, diction
  2. talk, discourse, dissertation, treatise, homily
  3. (grammar) sentence; pronunciation
  4. tongue, language, dialect
  5. voice
  6. eloquence, style

Inflection
    inflection of ܡܡܠܠܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܡܡܠܠ ܡܡܠܠܝܢ
construct ܡܡܠܠ ܡܡܠܠܝ
emphatic ܡܡܠܠܐ ܡܡܠܠܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܡܡܠܠܝ ܡܡܠܠܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܡܡܠܠܟ ܡܡܠܠܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܡܡܠܠܟܝ ܡܡܠܠܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܡܡܠܠܗ ܡܡܠܠܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܡܡܠܠܗ ܡܡܠܠܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܡܡܠܠܢ ܡܡܠܠܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܡܡܠܠܟܘܢ ܡܡܠܠܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܡܡܠܠܟܝܢ ܡܡܠܠܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܡܡܠܠܗܘܢ ܡܡܠܠܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܡܡܠܠܗܝܢ ܡܡܠܠܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “mmll”, 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, page 183b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 279b
  • 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 777a
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