ܐܓܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic אַגָּנָא (ʾaggānā), from Akkadian 𒌓𒅗𒁇 (UD.KA.BAR /agannu/); compare Hebrew אַגָּן (agán).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ʔaɡɡɑːnɑː]
Noun
ܐܲܓܵܢܵܐ • (aggānā) m sg (plural ܐܲܓܵܢܹ̈ܐ (aggānē))
- basin, waterpot, bowl
- jug, pitcher
- (geography) basin, crater
- (anatomy) pelvis; lacrimal punctum
- (architecture) capital
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܲܓܵܢ (aggān) | 1st person | ܐܲܓܵܢܝܼ (aggānī) | ܐܲܓܵܢܲܢ (aggānan) | |||
| construct | ܐܲܓܵܢ (aggān) | 2nd person | ܐܲܓܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (aggānōḵ) | ܐܲܓܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (aggānāḵ) | ܐܲܓܵܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (aggānawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܲܓܵܢܵܐ (aggānā) | 3rd person | ܐܲܓܵܢܹܗ (aggānēh) | ܐܲܓܵܢܵܗ̇ (aggānāh) | ܐܲܓܵܢܗܘܿܢ (aggānhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܐܲܓܵܢܝܼ̈ܢ (aggānīn) | 1st person | ܐܲܓܵܢܝܼ̈ (aggānī) | ܐܲܓܵܢܲܢ̈ (aggānan) | |||
| construct | ܐܲܓܵܢܲܝ̈ (aggānay) | 2nd person | ܐܲܓܵܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (aggānōḵ) | ܐܲܓܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (aggānāḵ) | ܐܲܓܵܢܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (aggānawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܲܓܵܢܹ̈ܐ (aggānē) | 3rd person | ܐܲܓܵܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (aggānūh) | ܐܲܓܵܢܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (aggānōh) | ܐܲܓܵܢܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (aggānayhōn) | |||
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Possibly from Akkadian 𒌓𒅗𒁇 (UD.KA.BAR /agannu/). Compare Hebrew אַגָּן (ʾaggā́n).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔaɡɡɑnɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʔaɡɡɑne] (plural)
Noun
ܐܓܢܐ • (ʾaggānā) f (plural ܐܓܢܐ (ʾaggānē))
- jug, pitcher, waterpot, bowl
- base, bottom (of a vessel)
- (geography) basin, crater
- (anatomy) lacrimal punctum
- (architecture) capital
- wheel, axle
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܓܢ | 1st person | ܐܓܢܝ | ܐܓܢܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܓܢ | 2nd person | ܐܓܢܟ | ܐܓܢܟܝ | ܐܓܢܟܘܢ | ܐܓܢܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܓܢܐ | 3rd person | ܐܓܢܗ | ܐܓܢܗ | ܐܓܢܗܘܢ | ܐܓܢܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܐܓܢܝܢ | 1st person | ܐܓܢܝ | ܐܓܢܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܓܢܝ | 2nd person | ܐܓܢܝܟ | ܐܓܢܝܟܝ | ܐܓܢܝܟܘܢ | ܐܓܢܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܓܢܐ | 3rd person | ܐܓܢܘܗܝ | ܐܓܢܝܗ | ܐܓܢܝܗܘܢ | ܐܓܢܝܗܝܢ | ||
Descendants
- → Old Armenian: անկան (ankan)
- →⇒ Middle Armenian: անգանակ (anganak)
References
- “ˀgn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 11 June 2011
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 2b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 3a
- 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, →ISBN, pages 7b–8a