ܚܢܢ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the older form ܐܢܚܢܢ (naḥnan); archaic in Classical Syriac and only used in literary or formal contexts. Compare Arabic نَحْنُ (naḥnu) and Hebrew אֲנַחְנוּ (ʾănaḥnû).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ܚܢܢ • (ḥənan) c (singular ܐܢܐ)

  1. (personal) we
  2. (intensive) we ourselves
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Etymology 2

Modified from above, with the initial consonant (and vowel) quiescing.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ܚܢܢ • (nan, -nan) c (singular ܐܢܐ)

  1. an enclitic used as a copula for a first-person plural subject; we are
Usage notes

Usually, the form ܚܢܢ (nan) is written separately from the word it follows while the alternative form -ܢܢ (-nan) is written together with the word it follows.

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Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Proper noun

ܚܢܢ • (transliteration needed) m

  1. Annas (Biblical figure)
  2. a male given name

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Noun

ܚܢܢ • (transliteration needed)

  1. absolute singular of ܚܢܢܐ
  2. construct state singular of ܚܢܢܐ

References

  • “ḥnn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-27
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 110b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 149a
  • 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, p. 472b
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