Inherited from Common Aramaic נוּנָא (nūnā, “fish”), also in Mandaic ࡍࡅࡍࡀ (nunā, "fish") from or a borrowing akin to Akkadian 𒄩 (nūnum).
ܢܘܼܢܵܐ • (nūnā) m (plural ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (nūnē), feminine ܢܘܼܢܬܵܐ (nuntā))
isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
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state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
m | f | |||||||
singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܢܘܼܢܝܼ (nūnī) | ܢܘܼܢܲܢ (nūnan) | |||
construct | ܢܘܼܢ (nūn) | 2nd person | ܢܘܼܢܘܼܟ݂ (nūnūḵ) | ܢܘܼܢܵܟ݂ܝ (nūnāḵ) | ܢܘܼܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nūnāwḵōn) | |||
emphatic | ܢܘܼܢܵܐ (nūnā) | 3rd person | ܢܘܼܢܹܗ (nūnēh) | ܢܘܼܢܵܗ̇ (nūnāh) | ܢܘܼܢܗܘܿܢ (nunhōn) | |||
plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܢܘܼܢܝܼ̈ (nūnī) | ܢܘܼܢܲܢ̈ (nūnan) | |||
construct | ܢܘܼܢܲܝ̈ (nūnay) | 2nd person | ܢܘܼܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (nūnūḵ) | ܢܘܼܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (nūnāḵ) | ܢܘܼܢܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nūnāwḵōn) | |||
emphatic | ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (nūnē) | 3rd person | ܢܘܼܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (nūnūh) | ܢܘܼܢ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (nūnōh) | ܢܘܼܢܗ̈ܘܿܢ (nunhōn) |
ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ • (nūnē) ?
Zodiac signs in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܡܲܠܘܵܫܹ̈ܐ (malwāšē) (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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ܐܸܡܪܵܐ (imrā) | ܬܵܘܪܵܐ (tāwrā) | ܬܐܘܿܡܹ̈ܐ (tˀōmē) | ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ (sarṭānā) | ||||||||
ܐܲܪܝܵܐ (aryā) | ܒܬ݂ܘܼܠܬܵܐ (bṯultā) | ܡܲܣܵܐ̈ܬ݂ܵܐ (massāṯā) | ܥܲܩܪܒ݂ܵܐ (ˁaqrḇā) | ||||||||
ܩܲܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qaššāṯā) | ܓܲܕ݂ܝܵܐ (gaḏyā) | ܕܵܘܠܵܐ (dāwlā) | ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (nūnē) |
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).
ܢܘܢܐ • (nūnā) m (plural ܢܘܢܐ)
isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
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state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
m | f | m | f | |||||
singular | absolute | ܢܘܢ | 1st person | ܢܘܢܝ | ܢܘܢܢ | |||
construct | ܢܘܢ | 2nd person | ܢܘܢܟ | ܢܘܢܟܝ | ܢܘܢܟܘܢ | ܢܘܢܟܝܢ | ||
emphatic | ܢܘܢܐ | 3rd person | ܢܘܢܗ | ܢܘܢܗ | ܢܘܢܗܘܢ | ܢܘܢܗܝܢ | ||
plural | absolute | ܢܘܢܝܢ | 1st person | ܢܘܢܝ | ܢܘܢܝܢ | |||
construct | ܢܘܢܝ | 2nd person | ܢܘܢܝܟ | ܢܘܢܝܟܝ | ܢܘܢܝܟܘܢ | ܢܘܢܝܟܝܢ | ||
emphatic | ܢܘܢܐ | 3rd person | ܢܘܢܘܗܝ | ܢܘܢܝܗ | ܢܘܢܝܗܘܢ | ܢܘܢܝܗܝܢ |
ܢܘܢܐ • (nūnē) m