ܡܝܬ

⁧ܡܵܝܹܬ݂⁩ • (māyēṯ)

1. Alternative form of ⁧ܡܵܐܹܬ݂⁩ (māˀēṯ, “to die”)

⁧ܡܝܼܬ݂⁩ • (mīṯ) m sg (feminine ⁧ܡܝܼܬ݂ܲܬ݂⁩ (mīṯaṯ), plural ⁧ܡܝܼܬ݂ܲܝ̈⁩ (mīṯay))

1. construct state singular of ⁧ܡܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ⁩ (mīṯā, “dead”)

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, originally as a verb.

• (standard) IPA^(key): [miθː]

⁧ܡܝܼܬ݂⁩ • (mīṯ) (feminine ⁧ܡܝܼܬ݂ܲܬ݂⁩ (mīṯaṯ), plural ⁧ܡܝܼܬ݂ܘܼ⁩ (mīṯū))

1. used to refer to someone dead in formal contexts, biographies, gravestones etc.

   Antonym: ⁧ܐܸܬ݂ܝܼܠܸܕ݂⁩ (iṯīliḏ)

   ⁧ܐܵܓ݂ܵܐ ܦܵܛܪܘܿܣ: ܐܸܬ݂ܝܼܠܸܕ݂ 1880، ܡܝܼܬ݂ 1932.⁩

   āḡā pāṭrōs: iṯīliḏ 1880, mīṯ 1932.

   Agha Petros: Born 1880, Died 1932.

• ⁧ܡܘܬ⁩
• ⁧ܡܬ⁩

From the root ⁧ܡ-ܘ-ܬ⁩ (m-w-t) related to dying, from Proto-Semitic *mawut- through Aramaic ⁧מִית⁩ (mīṯ). Compare Arabic ⁧مَاتَ⁩ (māta) and Hebrew ⁧מֵת⁩ (mēṯ).

• IPA^(key): [miθ]

⁧ܡܝܬ⁩ • (mīṯ)

1. to die