ܡܠܦܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Active noun of ܡܲܠܸܦ (mallip, “to teach”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [malpɑːnɑː]
Noun
ܡܲܠܦܵܢܵܐ • (malpānā) m (plural ܡܲܠܦܵܢܹ̈ܐ (malpānē), feminine ܡܲܠܦܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (malpānīṯā))
- teacher, instructor, schoolteacher, educator
- Synonym: ܪܲܒܝܼ (rabī)
- c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., James 3:1:
- ܐܲܚܘܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈، ܠܵܐ ܪܵܒܵܐ ܡܸܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܗܵܘܝܼ ܡܲܠܦܵܢܹ̈ܐ، ܡܸܛܠ ܝܕ݂ܘܿܥ ܕܐܲܚܢܲܢ ܕܡܲܠܦܲܚ ܒܸܬ ܡܩܲܒܠܲܚ ܕܝܼܢܵܐ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܪܲܒܵܐ.
- aḥwāṯī, lā rābā minnawḵōn hāwī malpānē, miṭṭul ḏōˁ d-aḥnan dmalpaḥ bit mqablaḥ d-īnā yatīr rabbā.
- My brothers, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgement.
Derived terms
- ܡܲܠܦܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (malpānūṯā, “doctrine”)
- ܡܲܠܦܵܢܵܐ ܕܝܼܠܵܢܵܝܵܐ (malpānā dīlānāyā, “private tutor”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܝ ܠ ܦ related to learning.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mal(lə)fɑnɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [mal(lə)fɑne] (plural)
Noun
ܡܠܦܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܠܦܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܡܠܦܢܝܬܐ)
- one who is learned; teacher, master, schoolmaster, doctor
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܠܦܢ | 1st person | ܡܠܦܢܝ | ܡܠܦܢܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܠܦܢ | 2nd person | ܡܠܦܢܟ | ܡܠܦܢܟܝ | ܡܠܦܢܟܘܢ | ܡܠܦܢܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܠܦܢܐ | 3rd person | ܡܠܦܢܗ | ܡܠܦܢܗ | ܡܠܦܢܗܘܢ | ܡܠܦܢܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܡܠܦܢܝܢ | 1st person | ܡܠܦܢܝ | ܡܠܦܢܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܠܦܢܝ | 2nd person | ܡܠܦܢܝܟ | ܡܠܦܢܝܟܝ | ܡܠܦܢܝܟܘܢ | ܡܠܦܢܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܠܦܢܐ | 3rd person | ܡܠܦܢܘܗܝ | ܡܠܦܢܝܗ | ܡܠܦܢܝܗܘܢ | ܡܠܦܢܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
- ܡܠܦܢܘܬܐ
References
- “mlpn”, 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 141b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 278b
- 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, page 774b