ܚܢܢܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Verbal noun of ܚܵܐܹܢ (ḥāˀēn, “to pity; to show mercy”); compare Hebrew חֲנִינָה (khaniná), Arabic حَنَان (ḥanān, “tenderness”), حَنِين (ḥanīn, “longing, nostalgia”). The latter is an adjective derived from the former.

Pronunciation

Noun

ܚܢܵܢܵܐ • (ḥnānā) m

  1. compassion, mercy, clemency
  2. pity, pitifulness
  3. favor/favour, grace
  4. compound of oil, dust, and water mixed with relics of saints or with earth from holy places used for anointing the sick

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܲܢܵܢܵܐ
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute – 1st person ܚܲܢܵܢܲܢ (ḥannānan)
construct ܚܲܢܵܢ (ḥannān) 2nd person ܚܲܢܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (ḥannānūḵ) ܚܲܢܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (ḥannānāḵ) ܚܲܢܵܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥannānāwḵōn)
emphatic ܚܲܢܵܢܵܐ (ḥannānā) 3rd person ܚܲܢܵܢܹܗ (ḥannānēh) ܚܲܢܵܢܵܗ̇ (ḥannānāh) ܚܲܢܵܢܗܘܿܢ (ḥannānhōn)

Synonyms

Adjective

ܚܲܢܵܢܵܐ • (ḥannānā) (feminine ܚܲܢܵܢܬܵܐ (ḥannāntā), plural ܚܲܢܵܢܹ̈ܐ (ḥannānē))

  1. compassionate, merciful, kind
  2. empathetic, sympathetic

Classical Syriac

FWOTD – 22 March 2016

Etymology

Root
ܚ-ܢ-ܢ
1 term

Compare Hebrew חֲנִינָה (ḥănīnā), Arabic حَنَان (ḥanān, “tenderness”), حَنِين (ḥanīn, “longing, nostalgia”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܚܢܢܐ • (ḥənānā) m(uncountable)

  1. compassion, mercy, clemency
  2. pity, pitifulness
  3. favor/favour, grace
  4. compound of oil, dust, and water mixed with relics of saints or with earth from holy places used for anointing the sick

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܢܢܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܚܢܢ 1st person ܚܢܢܝ ܚܢܢܢ
construct ܚܢܢ 2nd person ܚܢܢܟ ܚܢܢܟܝ ܚܢܢܟܘܢ ܚܢܢܟܝܢ
emphatic ܚܢܢܐ 3rd person ܚܢܢܗ ܚܢܢܗ ܚܢܢܗܘܢ ܚܢܢܗܝܢ

References

  • “ḥnn2”, 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 109b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 149b
  • 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, page 472b
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