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mtynw, mtynwtˀ (mattīnū, mattīnūṯā) n.f. laziness; longing
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laziness
Syr
Nest 609:9 ܐܘ ܡܬܠ ܡܲܬ݁ܝ݂ܢܘ݂ܬ݂ܗܘ݁ܢ ܦܵܫ݂ܘ݂ ܡܢ ܣܘܟܠܗ ܕܟܬܒܐ܃ ܐܘ ܡܛܠ ܒܝܫܘܬܗܘܢ‏ : they either missed the sense of the scripture out of laziness or because of their meanness
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slowness
Syr
ESRef1 107:44 ܩܠܝܠܘܬܗ ܕܣܘܣܝܐ ܘܡܬܝܢܘܬܗ ܕܬܘܪܐ‏ : the horse's quickness and the ox's slowness ; Kays 200:17↗ ܪܒܘ݂ܬܐ܂ ܘܙܥܘ݂ܪܘ݂ܬܐ܂ ܘܚܪܝ݂ܦܘ݂ܬܐ܂ ܘܡܬ݁ܝ݂ܢܘ݂ܬܐ܂ ܘܡܫܪܪܘ݂ܬܐ܂ ܘܪܦܝܘ݂ܬܐ‏
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infirmity
Syr
EphFid 2:13.2↗ ܛܘܒ ܠܐܝܢܐ ܕܡܬܝܢܘܬܗ ܥܡ݂ܠܬ ܘܡ݂ܛܬ ܠܐܘܢܐ‏ : blessed is the one whose infirmity labored and achieved its goal
2
patient longing
LJLA
TgPs56:7↗ הינון אסתורי יטמרון היכמה דמתינו עבדו לנפשי‏ : they hide my ankles just as they made a waiting trap [MT קִוּוּ] for my life
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see also s.v. mtynh, mtyntˀ n.f.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 867[410]J. Payne-Smith: 316

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