ܡܝܠܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μίλιον (mílion), from Latin mīlle passūs (literally “a thousand of paces”); compare Arabic مِيل (mīl) and Hebrew מַיְל (mayl).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [miːlaː]
Noun
ܡܝܼܠܵܐ • (mīlā) m (plural ܡܝܼ̈ܠܹܐ (mīlē))
- mile (any of various units of distance)
- Roman mile, one thousand paces
- milestone, column, obelisk, boundary stone
- reach of the eye, as far as one can see
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܝܼܠ (mīl) | 1st person | ܡܝܼܠܝܼ (mīlī) | ܡܝܼܠܲܢ (mīlan) | |||
| construct | ܡܝܼܠ (mīl) | 2nd person | ܡܝܼܠܘܼܟ݂ (mīlōḵ) | ܡܝܼܠܵܟ݂ܝ (mīlāḵ) | ܡܝܼܠܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (mīlawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܝܼܠܵܐ (mīlā) | 3rd person | ܡܝܼܠܹܗ (mīlēh) | ܡܝܼܠܵܗ̇ (mīlāh) | ܡܝܼܠܗܘܿܢ (mīlhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܡܝܼܠܝܼ̈ܢ (mīlīn) | 1st person | ܡܝܼܠܝܼ̈ (mīlī) | ܡܝܼܠܲܢ̈ (mīlan) | |||
| construct | ܡܝܼܠܲܝ̈ (mīlay) | 2nd person | ܡܝܼܠܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (mīlōḵ) | ܡܝܼܠܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (mīlāḵ) | ܡܝܼܠܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (mīlawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܝܼ̈ܠܹܐ (mīlē) | 3rd person | ܡܝܼܠܘܼ̈ܗܝ (mīlūh) | ܡܝܼܠܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (mīlōh) | ܡܝܼܠܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (mīlayhōn) | |||
Etymology 2
From the older form ܢܝܼܠܵܐ (nīlā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [miːlaː]
Noun
ܡܝܼܠܵܐ • (mīlā) m
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μίλιον (mílion), from Latin mīlle. Compare Arabic مِيل (mīl) and Hebrew מַיְל (mayl).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [milɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [mile] (plural)
Noun
ܡܝܠܐ • (mīlā) m (plural ܡܝܠܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܝܠ | 1st person | ܡܝܠܝ | ܡܝܠܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܝܠ | 2nd person | ܡܝܠܟ | ܡܝܠܟܝ | ܡܝܠܟܘܢ | ܡܝܠܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܝܠܐ | 3rd person | ܡܝܠܗ | ܡܝܠܗ | ܡܝܠܗܘܢ | ܡܝܠܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܡܝܠܝܢ | 1st person | ܡܝܠܝ | ܡܝܠܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܝܠܝ | 2nd person | ܡܝܠܝܟ | ܡܝܠܝܟܝ | ܡܝܠܝܟܘܢ | ܡܝܠܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܝܠܐ | 3rd person | ܡܝܠܘܗܝ | ܡܝܠܝܗ | ܡܝܠܝܗܘܢ | ܡܝܠܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “myl”, 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, page 182a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 269a
- 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, →ISBN, pages 752a–b