ܟܗܢܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܟܗܢܐ (kāhnā, priest) +‎ -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā, abstract noun ending).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɑh(ɛn)nuθɑ]

Noun

ܟܗܢܘܬܐ • (transliteration neededf(uncountable)

  1. priesthood
  2. clergy

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܗܢܘܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܟܗܢܘ 1st person ܟܗܢܘܬܝ ܟܗܢܘܬܢ
construct ܟܗܢܘܬ 2nd person ܟܗܢܘܬܟ ܟܗܢܘܬܟܝ ܟܗܢܘܬܟܘܢ ܟܗܢܘܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܟܗܢܘܬܐ 3rd person ܟܗܢܘܬܗ ܟܗܢܘܬܗ ܟܗܢܘܬܗܘܢ ܟܗܢܘܬܗܝܢ

References

  • khnw”, 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 151b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 206b
  • 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 601b