ܡܘܬܐ

From Aramaic מַוְתָא (mawṯā), from Proto-Semitic *mawut-; cognate with Arabic مَوْت (mawt), Hebrew מָוֶת (mávet), Akkadian 𒍗 (mūtu, [ÚŠ]), and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎚 (mt).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [mawtaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [moːθa]

ܡܵܘܬܵܐ • (māwtā) m (plural ܡܵܘܬܹ̈ܐ (māwtē))

1. death (the cessation of life and all associated processes)

   ܡܘܼܚܸܒܵܟ݂ܝ ܠܹܗ ܡ̣ܢ ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܗܲܠ ܡܵܘܬܵܐ.

   He loved you from life until death.

   ܡܲܘܬܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܨܒ݂ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܟܠ ܡܸܣܟܹܝܢܐ ܘܟܠ ܥܲܬܝܼܪܵܐ ܒܸܕ ܐܵܪܸܥ ― mawtā ìlēh ṣḇūṯā dkul miskēnā w-kul ˁatīrā bid āriˁ ― Death is a matter that every poor man and every rich man will meet.

2. a death

   Synonym: ܡܝܵܬ݂ܬܵܐ (myāṯtā)

   ܡܲܘܬܵܐ ܕܒܲܟ݂ܬܹܗ ܟܸܡ ܫܵܒ݂ܸܩ ܠܹܗ ܕܡܓܲܠܘܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܢܲܦ̮ܫܹܗ ܡܸܢ ܥܵܠܡܵܐ ― mawtā dbaḵtēh kim šāḇiq lēh dmgalwē lāh nafšēh min ˁālmā ― The death of his wife caused him to exile himself from the world.

3. way of dying, cause of death

• ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ (ḥayyē)
• ܚܲܝܘܼܬܵܐ (ḥayūtā)

• ܡܲܘܬܵܢܵܐ (mawtānā, “deadly”)
• ܡܲܘܬܵܢܵܝܵܐ (mawtānāyā, “of death”)

From the root ܡ-ܘ-ܬ (m-w-t) related to dying, from Proto-Semitic *mawut-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒍗 (mūtu, [ÚŠ]), Arabic مَوْت (mawt), Hebrew מָוֶת (māweṯ), and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎚 (mt).

• IPA^(key): [mawtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [mawte(ʔ)] (plural)

ܡܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܘܬܐ)

1. death
2. way of dying, cause of death
3. execution
4. (pathology) plague, pestilence

• “mwt”, 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. 179b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 260b
• 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. 731b