ܩܢܘܡܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܓ ܪ ܡ (g r m) |
| 4 terms |
Borrowed from Classical Syriac, probably related to ܓܲܪܡܵܐ (garmā, “bone, self”); compare also borrowed into Arabic أُقْنُوم (ʔuqnūm).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [qnoːmaː]
Noun
ܩܢܘܿܡܵܐ • (qnōmā) m (plural ܩܢܘܿܡܹ̈ܐ (qnōmē))
- person, self, individual
- (Christianity, theology) qnoma, hypostasis; hypostasis (instantiation of a nature, according to the Syriac traditions)
Usage notes
The western theological usage of “hypostasis” places it as a synonym of person, which is a distinct term in the Syriac traditions.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܩܢܘܿܡ (qnōm) | 1st person | ܩܢܘܿܡܝܼ (qnōmī) | ܩܢܘܿܡܲܢ (qnōman) | |||
| construct | ܩܢܘܿܡ (qnōm) | 2nd person | ܩܢܘܿܡܘܼܟ݂ (qnōmōḵ) | ܩܢܘܿܡܵܟ݂ܝ (qnōmāḵ) | ܩܢܘܿܡܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qnōmawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܩܢܘܿܡܵܐ (qnōmā) | 3rd person | ܩܢܘܿܡܹܗ (qnōmēh) | ܩܢܘܿܡܵܗ̇ (qnōmāh) | ܩܢܘܿܡܗܘܿܢ (qnōmhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܩܢܘܿܡܝܼ̈ܢ (qnōmīn) | 1st person | ܩܢܘܿܡܝܼ̈ (qnōmī) | ܩܢܘܿܡܲܢ̈ (qnōman) | |||
| construct | ܩܢܘܿܡܲܝ̈ (qnōmay) | 2nd person | ܩܢܘܿܡܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (qnōmōḵ) | ܩܢܘܿܡܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (qnōmāḵ) | ܩܢܘܿܡܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qnōmawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܩܢܘܿܡܹ̈ܐ (qnōmē) | 3rd person | ܩܢܘܿܡܘܼ̈ܗܝ (qnōmūh) | ܩܢܘܿܡܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (qnōmōh) | ܩܢܘܿܡܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (qnōmayhōn) | |||
See also
- ܟܝܵܢܵܐ (kyānā, “nature”)
- ܦܲܪܨܘܿܦܵܐ (parṣōpā, “person; hypostatic properties”)
- ܐܲܦܹ̈ܐ (appē, “hypostatic properties”)
- ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ (nafšā, “soul”)
- ܪܘܼܚܵܐ (rūḥā, “spirit”)
- ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (yāṯā, “essence”)
Classical Syriac
Pronunciation
- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [q(ə.)ˈno.mɑ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈqno.mɑ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈqnu.mo]
Noun
ܩܢܘܡܐ • (qənōmā) m (plural ܩܢܘܡܐ (qənōmē))
- person, self, individual
- face
- substance, figure, body
- essence, being
- (Christianity, theology) hypostasis, substantive reality
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܩܢܘܡ | 1st person | ܩܢܘܡܝ | ܩܢܘܡܢ | |||
| construct | ܩܢܘܡ | 2nd person | ܩܢܘܡܟ | ܩܢܘܡܟܝ | ܩܢܘܡܟܘܢ | ܩܢܘܡܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܩܢܘܡܐ | 3rd person | ܩܢܘܡܗ | ܩܢܘܡܗ | ܩܢܘܡܗܘܢ | ܩܢܘܡܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܩܢܘܡܝܢ | 1st person | ܩܢܘܡܝ | ܩܢܘܡܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܩܢܘܡܝ | 2nd person | ܩܢܘܡܝܟ | ܩܢܘܡܝܟܝ | ܩܢܘܡܝܟܘܢ | ܩܢܘܡܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܩܢܘܡܐ | 3rd person | ܩܢܘܡܘܗܝ | ܩܢܘܡܝܗ | ܩܢܘܡܝܗܘܢ | ܩܢܘܡܝܗܝܢ | ||
Descendants
- → Arabic: أقنوم
References
- “qnwm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 26 February 2012
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 323a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 509b–510a
- 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 1380b