ܡܣܟܝܢܐ

From Akkadian 𒈦𒆕𒂗 (muškēnum); compare Hebrew מִסְכֵּן (miskēn).

• ܡܣܟܐܢܐ (mskʾnʾ)
• ܡܣܟܢܐ (msknʾ)

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [mɛsˈke̝.nɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [mɪsˈke.nɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [mɛsˈki.no]

ftr=meskê[n]tā
pltr=meskênē

ܡܣܟܝܢܐ • (meskênā) m (plural ܡܣܟܝܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܡܣܟܝܢܬܐ)

1. poor, poverty-stricken, needy

   Synonym: ܡܣܪܩܐ

2. meager/meagre, wretched, miserable

ܡܣܟܝܢܐ • (meskênā) m (plural ܡܣܟܝܢܐ (meskênē), singular feminine counterpart ܡܣܟܝܢܬܐ (meskê[n]tā))

1. poor person, pauper
2. leper

• (leper): ܓܪܒܐ (garbā)

• (antonym(s) of “poor”): ܥܬܝܪܐ (ʿattīrā)

• ܡܣܟܝܢܐܝܬ (meskênāʾīṯ)
• ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܐ (meskênūṯā)
• ܡܣܟܢ (masken)

• → Arabic: مِسْكِين (miskīn)

From the root ܣ-ܟ-ܐ (s-k-ʾ), related to expecting.

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [m(ə.)sakˈk(ə.)jɑ.nɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [msakˈkjɑ.nɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [msɑˈkjo.no]

ftr=məsakkəyāntā
pltr=məsakkəyānē

ܡܣܟܝܢܐ • (məsakkəyānā) m (plural ܡܣܟܝܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܡܣܟܝܢܬܐ)

1. expectant

ܡܣܟܝܢܐ • (məsakkəyānā) m (plural ܡܣܟܝܢܐ (məsakkəyānē), singular feminine counterpart ܡܣܟܝܢܬܐ (məsakkəyāntā))

1. expectant person

• “mskyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-12-06
• “mskyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-12-06
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 228a
• Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 233a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 285a
• 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 791a-b

• ܡܷܣܟܶܢܳܐ (mëskēno)

From Aramaic מִסְכֵּינָא

• IPA^(key): /məskino/ (singular)
• IPA^(key): /məskine/(plural)

ܡܷܣܟܺܝܢܳܐ • (mëskīno) m (plural ܡܷܣܟܺܝܢܶܐ (mëskīne))

1. poor, peasant

   Synonyms: ܦܰܦܽܘܟܳܐ (papūko), ܦܰܩܺܝܪܳܐ (faqīro)

• ܙܰܢܓܺܢ (rich)