ܢܢܚܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic נָנְחָא (nānḥā); compare Classical Syriac ܢܵܢܚܵܐ / ܢܵܢܥܵܐ, Akkadian 𒌑𒀭𒈾𒉌𒄷 (/ananīḫu/), Arabic نَعْنَاع (naʕnāʕ), and Hebrew נַעְנַע (naʿnaʿ). All ultimately from Hurrian 𒀭𒀭𒄴𒄭 (an-an-iḫ-ḫe /ananiḫḫə/). See Old Armenian անանուխ (ananux) for more.
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [nɪnxaː]
Noun
ܢܸܢܚܵܐ • (ninḥā) m
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܢܵܢܲܚ (nānaḥ) | 1st person | ܢܸܢܚܝܼ (ninḥī) | ܢܸܢܚܲܢ (ninḥan) | |||
| construct | ܢܵܢܲܚ (nānaḥ) | 2nd person | ܢܸܢܚܘܼܟ݂ (ninḥōḵ) | ܢܸܢܚܵܟ݂ܝ (ninḥāḵ) | ܢܸܢܚܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ninḥawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܢܸܢܚܵܐ (ninḥā) | 3rd person | ܢܸܢܚܹܗ (ninḥēh) | ܢܸܢܚܵܗ̇ (ninḥāh) | ܢܸܢܚܗܘܿܢ (ninḥhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܢܸܢܚܝܼ̈ܢ (ninḥīn) | 1st person | ܢܸܢܚܝܼ̈ (ninḥī) | ܢܸܢܚܲܢ̈ (ninḥan) | |||
| construct | ܢܸܢܚܲܝ̈ (ninḥay) | 2nd person | ܢܸܢܚܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ninḥōḵ) | ܢܸܢܚܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ninḥāḵ) | ܢܸܢܚܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ninḥawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܢܸܢܚܹ̈ܐ (ninḥē) | 3rd person | ܢܸܢܚܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ninḥūh) | ܢܸܢܚܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (ninḥōh) | ܢܸܢܚܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (ninḥayhōn) | |||
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Compare Akkadian 𒌑𒀭𒈾𒉌𒄷 (/ananīḫu/).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nɑnħɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [nɑnħe] (plural)
Noun
ܢܢܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܢܚܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܢܢܚ | 1st person | ܢܢܚܝ | ܢܢܚܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܢܚ | 2nd person | ܢܢܚܟ | ܢܢܚܟܝ | ܢܢܚܟܘܢ | ܢܢܚܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܢܚܐ | 3rd person | ܢܢܚܗ | ܢܢܚܗ | ܢܢܚܗܘܢ | ܢܢܚܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܢܢܚܝܢ | 1st person | ܢܢܚܝ | ܢܢܚܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܢܚܝ | 2nd person | ܢܢܚܝܟ | ܢܢܚܝܟܝ | ܢܢܚܝܟܘܢ | ܢܢܚܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܢܚܐ | 3rd person | ܢܢܚܘܗܝ | ܢܢܚܝܗ | ܢܢܚܝܗܘܢ | ܢܢܚܝܗܝܢ | ||
Synonyms
References
- “nnḥ”, 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 205b
- 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 923a