ܥܢܝܢܐ

Derived from Aramaic , with the last 3 senses being semantic loan from Hebrew עִנְיָן ('inyán), its cognate.

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ܥܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ • (ˁinyānā) m sg (plural ܥܸܢܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ (ˁinyānē))

1. response to an objection in formal disputation
2. matter, issue

   Synonym: ܫܲܪܒܵܐ (šarbā)

   ܡܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܥܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܒܗܵܢܵܐ؟ ― mā ìlēh ˁinyānā b-hānā? ― What's the matter with this?

3. business

   Synonym: ܫܘܼܓ݂ܠܵܐ (šuḡlā)

   ܥܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܓܡܵܪܵܐ ― ˁinyānā d-lā gmārā ― unfinished business

   ܠܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܥܸܢܝܵܢܘܼܟ݂ ― lā ìlēh ˁinyānūḵ ― It’s none of your business

4. interest, something one finds interesting

   ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܹܗ ܥܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܒܗܵܢܵܐ ܡܠܘܿܐܵܐ ― īṯ lēh ˁinyānā b-hānā mlōˀā ― He has interest in this subject

   ܡܛܘܼܠܸܩ ܠܝܼ ܥܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܒܡܸܬ݂ܚܵܐ ܕܣܘܵܕ݂ܵܐ. ― mṭūliq lī ˁinyānā b-miṯḥā d-swāḏā. ― I lost interest during the conversation.

• ܒܲܪ ܥܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ (bar ˁinyānā)
• ܡܲܥܢܝܵܢܵܐ (maˁnyānā, “interesting”)

• “ܥܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2024 December 11 (last accessed)