ܡܟܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒃻𒋻 (miksu [NIG₂.KUD]). Compare Arabic مَكْس‎ (maks) and Hebrew מֶכֶס‎ (méḵes).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [maxsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
IPA^(key): [maxse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܟܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܟܣܐ)

impost, tribute, toll, tax
auction

Inflection

declension of ܡܟܣܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܟܣ	ܡܟܣܝܢ
construct	ܡܟܣ	ܡܟܣܝ
emphatic	ܡܟܣܐ	ܡܟܣܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܟܣܝ	ܡܟܣܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܟܣܟ	ܡܟܣܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܟܣܟܝ	ܡܟܣܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܟܣܗ	ܡܟܣܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܟܣܗ	ܡܟܣܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܟܣܢ	ܡܟܣܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܟܣܟܘܢ	ܡܟܣܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܟܣܟܝܢ	ܡܟܣܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܟܣܗܘܢ	ܡܟܣܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܟܣܗܝܢ	ܡܟܣܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

→ Old Armenian: մաքս (makʿs)

Etymology 2

From Akkadian 𒂗𒆬 (mākisu [EN.KU₃]). Compare Arabic مَاكِس‎ (mākis) and Hebrew מוֹכֵס‎ (môḵēs).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mɑxsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
IPA^(key): [mɑxse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܟܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܟܣܐ)

custom house officer, tax collector, publican

Inflection

declension of ܡܟܣܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܟܣ	ܡܟܣܝܢ
construct	ܡܟܣ	ܡܟܣܝ
emphatic	ܡܟܣܐ	ܡܟܣܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܟܣܝ	ܡܟܣܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܟܣܟ	ܡܟܣܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܟܣܟܝ	ܡܟܣܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܟܣܗ	ܡܟܣܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܟܣܗ	ܡܟܣܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܟܣܢ	ܡܟܣܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܟܣܟܘܢ	ܡܟܣܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܟܣܟܝܢ	ܡܟܣܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܟܣܗܘܢ	ܡܟܣܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܟܣܗܝܢ	ܡܟܣܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

ܒܝܬ ܡܟܣܐ‎
ܡܟܣܘܬܐ‎

Further reading

“mks”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-26
Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “մաքս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 292ab
Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 182b
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 272a
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 760ab

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