ܢܢܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒌑𒀭𒈾𒉌𒄷 (/⁠ananīḫu⁠/), Old Armenian անանուխ (ananux), Arabic نَعْنَع (naʕnaʕ), نَعْنَاع (naʕnāʕ), and Hebrew נַעְנַע (naʿnaʿ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɑnʕɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nɑnʕe] (plural)

Noun

ܢܢܥܐ • (transliteration neededm (plural ܢܢܥܐ)

  1. (botany) mint

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܢܥܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܢܢܥ 1st person ܢܢܥܝ ܢܢܥܢ
construct ܢܢܥ 2nd person ܢܢܥܟ ܢܢܥܟܝ ܢܢܥܟܘܢ ܢܢܥܟܝܢ
emphatic ܢܢܥܐ 3rd person ܢܢܥܗ ܢܢܥܗ ܢܢܥܗܘܢ ܢܢܥܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܢܢܥܝܢ 1st person ܢܢܥܝ ܢܢܥܝܢ
construct ܢܢܥܝ 2nd person ܢܢܥܝܟ ܢܢܥܝܟܝ ܢܢܥܝܟܘܢ ܢܢܥܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܢܢܥܐ 3rd person ܢܢܥܘܗܝ ܢܢܥܝܗ ܢܢܥܝܗܘܢ ܢܢܥܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

References

  • nnˁ”, 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
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 341a
  • 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