ܓܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Internationalism from Arabic غَانَا (ḡānā).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ˈɣɑːnɑː]

Proper noun

ܓ݂ܵܢܵܐ • (ḡānāf

  1. Ghana (a country in Africa)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Root
ܓ ܢ ܐ (g n ˀ)
3 terms

From Aramaic גְּנָא (gənā).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ˈɡɑːneː]

Verb

ܓܵܢܹܐ • (gānē)

  1. to lie down, recline
  2. (with ܫܸܡܫܵܐ (šimšā, sun)) (of the sun) to set
    ܗ݇ܘܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܒܸܓܢܵܝܵܐ ܫܸܡܫܵܐwē lāh bignāyā šimšāThe sun is setting.
  3. (with ܝܲܘܡܵܐ (yawmā, day)) (of the day) to get late, turn dark, turn into evening
    ܓܢܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܝܲܘܡܵܐ
    gnē lēh yawmā
    It got late.
    (literally, “The day reclined.”)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ܓܵܢܹܐ
gerund ܒܸܓܢܵܝܵܐ (bignāyā)
verbal noun ܓܢܵܝܵܐ (gnāyā)
singular plural
passive participle m ܓܸܢܝܵܐ (ginyā) ܓܸܢܝܹ̈ܐ (ginyē)
f ܓܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (gnīṯā)
agent noun m ܓܵܢܘܿܝܵܐ (gānōyā) ܓܵܢܘܿܝܹ̈ܐ (gānōyē)
f ܓܵܢܘܿܝܬܵܐ (gānōytā) ܓܵܢ̈ܘܿܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (gānōyāṯā)
instance noun ܓܢܵܝܬܵܐ (gnāytā) ܓ̈ܢܵܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (gnāyāṯā)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ܓܢܹܐ ܠܝܼ (gnē lī) ܓܢܹܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (gnē lōḵ) ܓܢܹܐ ܠܹܗ (gnē lēh) ܓܢܹܐ ܠܲܢ (gnē lan) ܓܢܹܐ ܠܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (gnē lawḵōn) ܓܢܹܐ ܠܗܘܿܢ (gnē lhōn)
f ܓܢܹܐ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (gnē lāḵ) ܓܢܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ (gnē lāh)
active non-past m ܓܵܢܹܝܢ (gānēn) ܓܵܢܹܝܬ (gānēt) ܓܵܢܹܐ (gānē) ܓܵܢܹܝܚ (gānēḥ) ܓܵܢܲܝܬܘܿܢ (gānaytōn) ܓܵܢܝܼ (gānī)
f ܓܵܢܝܲܢ (gānyan) ܓܵܢܝܲܬܝ (gānyat) ܓܵܢܝܵܐ (gānyā)
passive past m ܓܢܹܝܢ (gnēn) ܓܢܹܝܬ (gnēt) ܓܢܹܐ (gnē) ܓܢܹܝܚ (gnēḥ) ܓܢܲܝܬܘܿܢ (gnaytōn) ܓܢܲܝ (gnay)
f ܓܸܢܝܲܢ (ginyan) ܓܸܢܝܲܬܝ (ginyat) ܓܸܢܝܵܐ (ginyā)
imperative m ܓܢܝܼ (gnī) ܓܢܲܘ (gnaw)
f ܓܢܲܝ (gnay)

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Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ˈɡan.neː]

Noun

ܓܲܢܹ̈ܐ • (gannēf pl

  1. plural of ܓܲܢܬ݂ܵܐ (ganṯā, garden, park)

Etymology 4

From Northern Kurdish گيان (giyan); related to Persian جان (jân). The sense of “self, oneself” is a semantic loan of the original word ܪܘܼܚܵܐ (rūḥā), where this sense is not found in the Kurdish source word.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ܓܵܢܵܐ • (gānāf (plural ܓܵܢܹ̈ܐ (gānē) or ܓܵܢܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (gānāṯē))

  1. (dialectal) self, oneself, same
    Synonyms: ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ (nafšā), ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (yāṯā), ܩܢܘܿܡܵܐ (qnōmā), ܪܘܼܚܵܐ (rūḥā)
  2. (dialectal) spirit
    Synonym: ܪܘܼܚܵܐ (rūḥā)
Inflection
Inflection of ܓܵܢܵܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute ܓܵܢ (gān) 1st person ܓܵܢܝܼ (gānī) ܓܵܢܲܢ (gānan)
construct ܓܵܢ (gān) 2nd person ܓܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (gānōḵ) ܓܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (gānāḵ) ܓܵܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (gānawḵōn)
emphatic ܓܵܢܵܐ (gānā) 3rd person ܓܵܢܹܗ (gānēh) ܓܵܢܵܗ̇ (gānāh) ܓܵܢܗܘܿܢ (gānhōn)
plural absolute ܓܵܢܵܢ̈ (gānān) 1st person ܓܵܢܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (gānāṯī) ܓܵܢܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (gānāṯan)
construct ܓܵܢܵܬ݂̈ (gānāṯ) 2nd person ܓܵܢܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (gānāṯōḵ) ܓܵܢܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (gānāṯāḵ) ܓܵܢܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (gānāṯawḵōn)
emphatic ܓܵܢ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (gānāṯā) 3rd person ܓܵܢ̈ܵܬ݂ܹܗ (gānāṯēh) ܓܵܢ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (gānāṯāh) ܓܵܢܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (gānāṯhōn)