# ܡܟܣܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒃻𒋻 (NIG$_2$.KUD /⁠miksu⁠/, “tax”); compare Arabic مَكْس (maks) and Hebrew מֶכֶס (mékhes).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [maxsɑː]

#### Noun

ܡܲܟ݂ܣܵܐ • (maḵsā) m sg (plural ܡܲܟ݂ܣܹ̈ܐ (maḵsē))
* tax (specifically excise tax or sales tax)
* impost, tribute, toll
* customs
* auction

##### Synonyms

* (tax): ܡܲܕܲܐܬܵܐ (maddaˀtā)

### Etymology 2

From Akkadian 𒂗𒆬 (EN.KU$_3$] /⁠mākisu⁠/). Compare Arabic مَاكِس (mākis) and Hebrew מוֹכֵס (môḵēs).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [mɑxːsɑː]

#### Noun

ܡܵܟ݂ܣܵܐ • (māḵsā) m sg (plural ܡܵܟ݂ܣܹ̈ܐ (māḵsē), feminine ܡܵܟ݂ܸܣܬܵܐ (māḵistā))
* custom house officer, tax collector, publican

##### Derived terms

* ܒܹܝܬ ܡܵܟ݂ܣܹ̈ܐ (bēt māḵsē)
* ܡܵܟ݂ܣܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (māḵsūṯā)

### Etymology 3

Causitive of ܟܵܣܹܐ (kāsē, “to cover”); compare Hebrew כִּסָּה (kisá).

#### Alternative forms

* ܡܲܟܸܣ (makkis)

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [makseː]

#### Verb

ܡܲܟܣܹܐ • (maksē)
* (transitive) to cover, conceal [with ܠ- (l-) ‘to’]
    ܬܲܠܓܵܐ ܡܘܼܟܣܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܠܛܘܼܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ.talgā muksē lēh l-ṭūrānē.The snow covered the mountains.
* to cover (an event, an occasion, a happening, etc.), to describe, to report [with ܥܲܠ (ˁal) ‘upon’]
    ܓܸܠܝܘܿܢܵܝܵܐ ܡܘܼܟܣܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܥܲܠ ܟܠܵܗ̇ ܩܲܘܲܘܡܬܵܐ ܫܘܼܝܵܫܵܝܬ݂ܵܐ.gilyōnāyā muksē lēh ˁal kullāh qawwawmtā šūyāšāyṯā.The journalist covered the entire political event.

##### Conjugation

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### Etymology 4

Causitive of ܟܵܣܹܐ (kāsē, “to cover”); compare Hebrew כִּסָּה (kisá).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [mkasseː]
* (Nineveh Plains) IPA: [mkaːseː]

#### Verb

ܡܟܲܣܹܐ • (mkassē)
* (transitive) to cover, conceal

##### Conjugation

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## Classical Syriac
### Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒃻𒋻 (NIG$_2$.KUD /⁠miksu⁠/, “tax”). Compare Arabic مَكْس (maks) and Hebrew מֶכֶס (méḵes).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [maxsɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [maxse] (plural)

#### Noun

ܡܟܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܟܣܐ)
* impost, tribute, toll, tax
* auction

##### Descendants

* → Old Armenian: մաքս (makʻs)
* → Arabic: مكس

### Etymology 2

From Akkadian 𒂗𒆬 (EN.KU$_3$] /⁠mākisu⁠/). Compare Arabic مَاكِس (mākis) and Hebrew מוֹכֵס (môḵēs).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mɑxsɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [mɑxse] (plural)

#### Noun

ܡܟܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܟܣܐ)
* custom house officer, tax collector, publican

##### Derived terms

* ܒܝܬ ܡܟܣܐ
* ܡܟܣܘܬܐ

### Further reading

* “mks”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-26
* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մաքս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 292ab
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 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