ܡܙܡܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Iranian; compare Old Armenian բազմակ (bazmak).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈmaz.m(ə.)xɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈmaz.mxɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈmɑz.mxo]

Noun

ܡܙܡܟܐ • (mazməḵā) m (plural ܡܙܡܟܐ (mazməḵē))

  1. lamp, oil lamp
  2. lower saucer or base of a lamp; lampstand
  3. candle snuffer, snuff-dish
    • Peshitta, Exodus 25:38:
      ܘܥܒܕ ܡܠܩܛܝܗܿ: ܘܡܙܡܟܝܗܿ: ܕܕܗܒܐ ܕܟܝܐ.
      wa-ʿəḇeḏ malqəṭēh, wə-mazməḵēh, də-ḏahəḇā ḏaḵyā.
      And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.

Inflection
    inflection of ܡܙܡܟܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܡܙܡܟ ܡܙܡܟܝܢ
construct ܡܙܡܟ ܡܙܡܟܝ
emphatic ܡܙܡܟܐ ܡܙܡܟܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܡܙܡܟܝ ܡܙܡܟܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܡܙܡܟܟ ܡܙܡܟܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܡܙܡܟܟܝ ܡܙܡܟܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܡܙܡܟܗ ܡܙܡܟܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܡܙܡܟܗ ܡܙܡܟܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܡܙܡܟܢ ܡܙܡܟܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܡܙܡܟܟܘܢ ܡܙܡܟܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܡܙܡܟܟܝܢ ܡܙܡܟܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܡܙܡܟܗܘܢ ܡܙܡܟܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܡܙܡܟܗܝܢ ܡܙܡܟܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “mzmkˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-07-17
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 89b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 262b
  • 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 735a
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