ܢܘܢܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܢܘܢܐ

Etymology

Inherited from Common Aramaic נוּנָא (nūnā, fish), from or a borrowing akin to Akkadian 𒄩 (nūnum).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܢܘܼܢܵܐ (nūnām (plural ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (nūnē), feminine ܢܘܼܢܬܵܐ (nuntā))

  1. fish

Declension

Derived terms

Proper noun

ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (nūnē?

  1. (astrology, astronomy, in the plural) Pisces (constellation and zodiac sign)

See also

Zodiac signs in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܡܲܠܘܵܫܹ̈ܐ (malwāšē) (layout · text)
ܐܸܡܪܵܐ (imrā) ܬܵܘܪܵܐ (tāwrā) ܬܐܘܿܡܹ̈ܐ (tˀōmē) ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ (sarṭānā)
ܐܲܪܝܵܐ (aryā) ܒܬ݂ܘܼܠܬܵܐ (bṯultā) ܡܲܣܵܐ̈ܬ݂ܵܐ (massāṯā) ܥܲܩܪܒ݂ܵܐ (ˁaqrḇā)
ܩܲܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qaššāṯā) ܓܲܕ݂ܝܵܐ (gaḏyā) ܕܵܘܠܵܐ (dāwlā) ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (nūnē)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

ܢܘܢ̈ܐ

To Leonid Kogan, due to the unstableness of fish terms in Semitic and rareness of isoglosses between Akkadian and Syriac, the possibility of a borrowing of this from Akkadian 𒄩 (nūnum) is appealing. The same sign as for the Akkadian word is also used with similar sound values in fish names in Sumerian. See also Hebrew נוּן (nūn) and Phoenician 𐤍𐤅𐤍 (nwn).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܢܘܢܐ (nūnām (plural ܢܘܢܐ)

  1. fish

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Arabic: نُون (nūn)

Proper noun

ܢܘܢܐ (nūnēm

  1. (astrology, astronomy, in the plural) Pisces (constellation and zodiac sign)

References

  • nwn”, 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 200a
  • Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 274
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 333a
  • 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 900b
  • H5125 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible