ܡܕܢܚܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܕ ܢ ܚ (d n ḥ)
5 terms

Etymology

From Aramaic מַדנְחָא (maḏnəḥā), derived from the same root as ܕܸܢܚܵܐ (dinḥā, “sunrise”); cognate to Hebrew מִזְרָח (mizrákh).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ • (madnḥā) m (uncountable)

1. east, orient

   Synonyms: ܡܲܣܩܵܢܵܐ (masqānā), ܐܸܣܵܩ ܝܲܘܡܵܐ (issāq yawmā)

   ܒܨܲܦܪܵܐ ܫܸܡܫܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܕܵܢܚܵܐ ܒܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ ܘܒܪܲܡܫܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܥܵܪܒ݂ܵܐ ܒܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ.

   b-ṣaprā šimšā kē dānḥā b-maḏnḥā w-b-ramšā kē ˁārḇā bmaˁrḇā.

   In the morning the sun rises in the east, and in the evening sets in the west.

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (maḏnḥā)

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܝܼ (maḏnḥī)		ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܲܢ (maḏnḥan)
	construct	ܡܲܕ݂ܢܲܚ (maḏnaḥ)	2nd person	ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܘܼܟ݂ (maḏnḥūḵ)	ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܟ݂ܝ (maḏnḥāḵ)	ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (maḏnḥāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (maḏnḥā)	3rd person	ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܹܗ (maḏnḥēh)	ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܗ̇ (maḏnḥāh)	ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܗܘܿܢ (maḏnḥhōn)

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) ܦܸܢܝܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܫܸܪ̈ܫܵܢܵܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ (pinyāṯē širšānāyāṯē);

ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (garbē maˁrḇā)	ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ (garbyā)	ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (garbē maḏnḥā)
ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maˁrḇā)		ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (maḏnḥā)
ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (tayman maˁrḇā)	ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (taymnā)	ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (tayman maḏnḥā)

Derived terms

• ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ ܡܸܨܥܵܝܵܐ (maḏnḥā miṣˁāyā, “Middle East”)
• ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (maḏnḥāˀīṯ, “easternly”)
• ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (maḏnḥāyūṯā, “easternness”)
• ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܝܵܐ (maḏnḥāyā, “eastern, oriental”)
• ܥܹܕܬܵܐ ܕܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ ܕܐܵܬ݂ܘܼܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (ˁēdtā dmaḏnḥā d-āṯūrāyē, “Assyrian Church of the East”)
• ܦܵܘܚܵܐ ܕܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (pāwḥā dmaḏnḥā, “east wind”)

 

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

• ܡܥܪܒܐ (maʿrəḇā)

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