ܐܕܢܐ

From Proto-Semitic *ʔuḏn-.

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈʔɛð.nɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈʔɪð.nɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈʔeð.no]

ܐܕܢܐ • (ʾeḏnā) f (plural ܐܕܢܗܬܐ (ʾeḏnē) or ܐܕܢܬܐ (ʾeḏnāṯā) or ܐܕܢܐ (ʾeḏnāhāṯā))

1. (anatomy) ear
   • Peshitta, Matthew 11:15:

     ܡܢ ܕܐܝܬ ܠܗ ܐܕ̈ܢܐ ܕܢܫܡܥ ܢܫܡܥ.

     man də-ʾīṯ lēh ʾeḏnē ḏə-nešmaʿ nešmaʿ.

     He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

2. (animal anatomy) fish gill
3. (figuratively) anything that sticks out; handle, promontory, bay, gulf
4. bottle opening
5. (by extension) bottle

Usually, the plural ܐܕܢܐ (ʾeḏnē) is used for literal senses while ܐܕܢܬܐ (ʾeḏnāṯā) and ܐܕܢܗܬܐ (ʾeḏnāhāṯā) are used for figurative senses.

• “ˀdn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 14 June 2011
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 3a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 4a
• 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, page 10b

From Proto-Semitic *ʔuḏn-.

ܐܰܕ݂ܢܐ • (aḏno) f

1. ear