ܡܕܪܫܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܡܕܪܫܬܐ

Etymology

Root
ܕ ܪ ܫ (d r š)
4 terms

Borrowed from Arabic مَدْرَسَة (madrasa) reinterpreted as from the above root. Compare Hebrew מִדְרָשָׁה (midrashá).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ma.draʃ.tɑː]

Noun

ܡܲܕܪܲܫܬܵܐ • (madraštā) f (plural ܡܲܕܪ̈ܲܫܝܵܬܹܐ (madrašyātē))

  1. school (institution dedicated to teaching and learning)
    ܡܘܼܕܝܼ ܝܠܝܼܦ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܓܵܘ ܡܲܕܪܲܫܬܵܐ ܐܸܕܝܘܿܡ؟
    mūdī līp lūḵ gāw madraštā idyōm?
    What did you learn at school today?
    ܝܵܠܲܕ݇ܢ̈ ܟܹܐ ܐܵܙܠ݇ܝܼ ܠܚܕܵܐ ܡܲܕܪܲܫܬܵܐ ܥܲܡܡܵܝܬܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܡܵܬܲܢ.
    yālan kē āzī lḥdā madraštā ˁammāytā gāw mātan.
    Our children attend a public school in our village.

Inflection

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Calque of Arabic مَدْرَسَة (madrasa) and reinterpreted as from the root ܕ-ܪ-ܫ (d-r-š), compare Hebrew מִדְרָשָׁה (miḏrāšâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [maðrɛʃtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [maðr(ə)ʃɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܕܪܫܬܐ • (maḏreštaʾ) f (plural ܡܕܪܫܬܐ)

  1. school

Inflection

References

  • mdršh”, 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, p. 71b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 254b
  • 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. 718b
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