ܟܐܢܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ܟܐܢ (kē(ʾ)n, “just, righteous”), from the root ܟ ܘ ܢ related to uprightness + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā). Compare Hebrew כֵּנוּת (kēnûṯ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ke(ʔ)nuθɑ]

Noun

ܟܐܢܘܬܐ • (kēnūṯā) f(uncountable)

  1. justice, righteousness, rectitude
  2. uprightness

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܐܢܘܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܟܐܢܘ 1st person ܟܐܢܘܬܝ ܟܐܢܘܬܢ
construct ܟܐܢܘܬ 2nd person ܟܐܢܘܬܟ ܟܐܢܘܬܟܝ ܟܐܢܘܬܟܘܢ ܟܐܢܘܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܟܐܢܘܬܐ 3rd person ܟܐܢܘܬܗ ܟܐܢܘܬܗ ܟܐܢܘܬܗܘܢ ܟܐܢܘܬܗܝܢ

References

  • “kynw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 153a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 202a
  • 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 594a
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