ܐܘܘܢܐ
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܐܘܢܐ (ʾawwānā)
Etymology
Either from the root ܐ ܘ ܐ related to staying or from Middle Iranian *āwān. Compare Old Armenian աւան (awan, “village, small town”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔaw(wə)wɑnɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʔaw(wə)wɑne] (plural)
Noun
ܐܘܘܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܘܘܢܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܘܘܢ | 1st person | ܐܘܘܢܝ | ܐܘܘܢܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܘܘܢ | 2nd person | ܐܘܘܢܟ | ܐܘܘܢܟܝ | ܐܘܘܢܟܘܢ | ܐܘܘܢܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܘܘܢܐ | 3rd person | ܐܘܘܢܗ | ܐܘܘܢܗ | ܐܘܘܢܗܘܢ | ܐܘܘܢܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܐܘܘܢܝܢ | 1st person | ܐܘܘܢܝ | ܐܘܘܢܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܘܘܢܝ | 2nd person | ܐܘܘܢܝܟ | ܐܘܘܢܝܟܝ | ܐܘܘܢܝܟܘܢ | ܐܘܘܢܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܘܘܢܐ | 3rd person | ܐܘܘܢܘܗܝ | ܐܘܘܢܝܗ | ܐܘܘܢܝܗܘܢ | ܐܘܘܢܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
- ܐܘܢܬܐ (ʾawwāntā)
References
- “ˀwwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 26 July 2013
- Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, pages 101–102
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 3b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 5a
- 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 13b