ܬܢܝܢܐ

Inherited from Aramaic תַּנִּינָא (tannīnā), from Akkadian 𒆗𒉌𒈾 (danninu, “netherworld; source of earthquakes; the inaccessible land where the dead remain”); compare also found in Arabic تِنِّين (tinnīn), Hebrew תַּנִּין (tanín), Ugaritic 𐎚𐎐𐎐 (tnn), Ge'ez ተመን (tämän), Tigrinya ተመን (tämän) and Amharic ተመን (tämän).

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ܬܲܢܝܼܢܵܐ • (tanīnā) m sg (plural ܬܲܢܝܼ̈ܢܹܐ (tanīnē), feminine ܬܲܢܝܼܢܬܵܐ (tanīntā))

1. dragon; sea serpent, monster
2. (alchemy) spice-box, slender perforated bronze vessel used to hold dry herbs

ܬܲܢܝܼܢܵܐ • (tanīnā) m

1. (astronomy) Draco
2. (religion, figuratively) Satan, the Devil

Of the noun pattern 1i23ānā, from ܬܵܢܹܐ (tānē, “to repeat”), itself derived from the number ܬܪܹܝܢ (trēn, “two”).

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ܬܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ • (tinyānā) m sg (plural ܬܸܢܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ (tinyānē))

1. repetition, iteration, recitation
2. citing, recounting
3. frequency

   Synonym: ܢܲܘܕܵܐ (nawdā)

• ܬܸܢܝܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (tinyānūṯā)
• ܬܸܢܝܵܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (tinyānāˀīṯ)
• ܬܸܢܝܵܢ ܢܵܡܘܿܣܵܐ (tinyān nāmōsā)

From Akkadian 𒆗𒉌𒈾 (danninu, “netherworld; source of earthquakes; the inaccessible land where the dead remain”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *dnn/*tnn (“to be mighty, to be strong; to be fortified, to be long lasting, to stay at a place; to rumble, to earthquake, to shake with a booming noise”). Also found as Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic תַּנִּינָא (tannīnā), Arabic تِنِّين (tinnīn), Hebrew תַּנִּין (tannīn), Ugaritic 𐎚𐎐𐎐 (tnn), Ge'ez ተመን (tämän), Tigrinya ተመን (tämän), Amharic ተመን (tämän).

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ܬܢܝܢܐ • (tannīnā) m (plural ܬܢܝܢܐ (tannīnē))

1. dragon, sea serpent, monster
2. snake, serpent, adder
3. (alchemy) spice-box, slender perforated bronze vessel used to hold dry herbs

ܬܢܝܢܐ • (tannīnā) m

1. (religion, figuratively) Satan, the Devil
2. (astronomy) Draco

From the root ܬ ܢ ܐ related to recounting.

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pltr=tenyānē
ftr=tenyānṯā

ܬܢܝܢܐ • (tenyānā) m (plural ܬܢܝܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܬܢܝܢܬܐ)

1. second, double
2. two-years old

ܬܢܝܢܐ • (tenyānā) m (plural ܬܢܝܢܐ (tenyānē))

1. iteration, repetition, recitation
2. citing, recounting
3. tale, story
4. commemoration
5. grandson
6. two-year old
7. young, offspring
8. mate, cellmate
9. representative, subprior, second-in-command

• “tnyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “tnyn”, 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, pages 394a–b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 616b–617a
• 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, →ISBN, page 1655b