ܐܘܘܢܐ

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Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

Either from the root ܐ ܘ ܐ related to staying or from Middle Iranian *āwān. Compare Old Armenian աւան (awan, village, small town).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܐܘܘܢܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܐܘܘܢܐ)

  1. inn, lodging
  2. (by extension) abode, habitation, dwelling, house, home, mansion
  3. (figuratively) heaven

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܘܘܢܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܐܘܘܢ 1st person ܐܘܘܢܝ ܐܘܘܢܢ
construct ܐܘܘܢ 2nd person ܐܘܘܢܟ ܐܘܘܢܟܝ ܐܘܘܢܟܘܢ ܐܘܘܢܟܝܢ
emphatic ܐܘܘܢܐ 3rd person ܐܘܘܢܗ ܐܘܘܢܗ ܐܘܘܢܗܘܢ ܐܘܘܢܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܐܘܘܢܝܢ 1st person ܐܘܘܢܝ ܐܘܘܢܝܢ
construct ܐܘܘܢܝ 2nd person ܐܘܘܢܝܟ ܐܘܘܢܝܟܝ ܐܘܘܢܝܟܘܢ ܐܘܘܢܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܐܘܘܢܐ 3rd person ܐܘܘܢܘܗܝ ܐܘܘܢܝܗ ܐܘܘܢܝܗܘܢ ܐܘܘܢܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

References

  • ˀwwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-07-26
  • Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, pages 101–102
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 3b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 5a
  • 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 13b