ܪܛܢܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܪ-ܛ-ܢ (r-ṭ-n), related to murmuring; compare Arabic رَطَانَة (raṭāna), رِطَانَة (riṭāna), Hebrew רֶטֶן (réṭen).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܪܛܢܐ (reṭnām (plural ܪܛܢܐ (reṭnē))

  1. murmur, mutter, mumble, grumble
    • Peshitta, Exodus 16:7:
      ܘܒܨܦܪܐ ܬܚܙܘܢ ܫܘܒܚܗ ܕܡܪܝܐ. ܡܛܠ ܕܐܫܬܡܥ ܪܛܢܟܘܢ ܩܕܡ ܡܪܝܐ
      wa-ḇə-ṣap̄rā ṯeḥzon šūḇḥeh ḏə-Māryā; meṭṭōl də-ʾeštəmaʿ reṭnəḵōn qəḏām Māryā
      And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD
  2. (Zoroastrianism) Magian incantation
  3. scruple

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܛܢܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܪܛܢ 1st person ܪܛܢܝ ܪܛܢܢ
construct ܪܛܢ 2nd person ܪܛܢܟ ܪܛܢܟܝ ܪܛܢܟܘܢ ܪܛܢܟܝܢ
emphatic ܪܛܢܐ 3rd person ܪܛܢܗ ܪܛܢܗ ܪܛܢܗܘܢ ܪܛܢܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܪܛܢܝܢ 1st person ܪܛܢܝ ܪܛܢܝܢ
construct ܪܛܢܝ 2nd person ܪܛܢܝܟ ܪܛܢܝܟܝ ܪܛܢܝܟܘܢ ܪܛܢܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܪܛܢܐ 3rd person ܪܛܢܘܗܝ ܪܛܢܝܗ ܪܛܢܝܗܘܢ ܪܛܢܝܗܝܢ

References

  • rṭn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-05-14
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 344b
  • Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 318b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 539a
  • 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 1460a