Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܡܐܬܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɑθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [mɑθe(ʔ)], [mɑθɑθɑ(ʔ)], [mɑθwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܡܬܘܬܐ or ܡܬܬܐ or ܡܬܐ)

1. home, domicile
2. homeland, birthplace
3. village, town
4. region, country

Inflection

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mattɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [matte(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܡܬܐ)

1. fetter

Inflection

References

• “mt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-17
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 193b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 311b
• 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. 858a