ܡܘܬܢܐ

Of the noun pattern 1a23ānā, possibly from Akkadian mūtānu.

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [mawtɑːnɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [moːtɑːnɑː]

ܡܲܘܬܵܢܵܐ • (mawtānā) m (plural ܡܲܘܬܵܢܹ̈ܐ (mawtānē))

1. (pathology) plague, pestilence (highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating epidemic disease)

   Synonym: ܡܚܘܿܬ݂ܵܐ (mḥōṯā)

   ܡܲܘܬܵܢܵܐ ܪܲܒܵܐ ܩܛܝܼܠ ܠܹܗ ܡܸܠܝܘܿܢ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܐ ܓܲܘ ܐܹܘܪܘܿܦܹܐ

   mawtānā rabbā qṭīl lēh milyōn nāšē gaw ēwrōpē

   The great plague killed a million people in Europe.

2. plague (widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution)

   ܥܸܣܪܵܐ ܡܲܘܬܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܥܲܠ ܡܸܨܪܹܝܢ، ܡܸܢ ܩܲܡܨܹ̈ܐ ܗܲܠ ܡܲܘܬܵܐ ܕܒܘܼܟ݂ܪܵܐ ܕܡܲܠܟܵܐ، ܐ݇ܚܵܪܵܐܝܼܬ݂ ܦܸܪܥܘܿܢ ܫܒ݂ܝܼܩ ܠܹܗ ܥܲܡܵܐ ܕܡܘܼܫܹܐ ܠܹܐ݇ܙܵܠܵܐ.

   ˁisrā mawtānē ˁal miṣrēn, min qamṣē hal mawtā d-buḵrā d-malkā, ḥārāˀīṯ pirˁōn šḇīq lēh ˁammā d-mūšē lēzālā.

   Ten plagues over Egypt, from locusts to the death of the king's firstborn, finally Pharaoh let Moses's people go.

From ܡܲܘܬܵܐ (mawtā, “death”) +‎ -ܢܐ (-ānā).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [mawtaːnaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [moːθaːna]

ܡܲܘܬܵܢܵܐ • (mawtānā) (feminine ܡܲܘܬܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (mawtānīṯā), plural ܡܲܘ̈ܬܵܢܹܐ (mawtānē))

1. causing death, deadly, mortal, lethal

   ܚܛܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܡܲܘܬܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ ― ḥṭīṯā mawtānīṯā ― Mortal sin.

• IPA^(key): [mawθɑnɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [mawθɑne] (plural)

From Aramaic מוֹתָנָא (mōṯānā), from Akkadian 𒉆𒁁𒈨𒌍 (/⁠mūtānu⁠/), possibly a loan from Amorite or a Hittite intermediary as the Akkadian 𒉡 (/⁠nu, -annu⁠/) is found frequently in loanwords or re-borrowings that have passed through Anatolia. Ultimate origin from Proto-Semitic *mawt- (“death, ceasing, non-existence”)

ܡܘܬܢܐ • (mawṯānā) m (plural ܡܘܬܢܐ (mawṯānē))

1. plague

Calque of Arabic محافظة المثنى

ܡܘܬܢܐ • (mūṯannā)

1. Muthanna (a governorate of Iraq)