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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔuḏn-.
Pronunciation
Noun
ܐܕܢܐ • (ʾeḏnā) f (plural ܐܕܢܗܬܐ (ʾeḏnē) or ܐܕܢܬܐ (ʾeḏnāṯā) or ܐܕܢܐ (ʾeḏnāhāṯā))
- (anatomy) ear
- Peshitta, Matthew 11:15:
ܡܢ ܕܐܝܬ ܠܗ ܐܕ̈ܢܐ ܕܢܫܡܥ ܢܫܡܥ.- man də-ʾīṯ lēh ʾeḏnē ḏə-nešmaʿ nešmaʿ.
- He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- (animal anatomy) fish gill
- (figuratively) anything that sticks out; handle, promontory, bay, gulf
- bottle opening
- (by extension) bottle
Usage notes
Usually, the plural ܐܕܢܐ (ʾeḏnē) is used for literal senses while ܐܕܢܬܐ (ʾeḏnāṯā) and ܐܕܢܗܬܐ (ʾeḏnāhāṯā) are used for figurative senses.
Inflection
declension of ܐܕܢܐ
state
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singular
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plural
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absolute
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ܐܕܢ
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ܐܕܢܗܢ ,ܐܕܢܢ ,ܐܕܢܝܢ
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construct
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ܐܕܢ
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ܐܕܢܗܬ ,ܐܕܢܬ ,ܐܕܢܝ
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emphatic
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ܐܕܢܐ
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ܐܕܢܗܬܐ ,ܐܕܢܬܐ ,ܐܕܢܐ
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possessive forms
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1st c. sg. (my)
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ܐܕܢܝ
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ܐܕܢܗܬܝ ,ܐܕܢܬܝ ,ܐܕܢܝ
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2nd m. sg. (your)
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ܐܕܢܟ
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ܐܕܢܗܬܟ ,ܐܕܢܬܟ ,ܐܕܢܝܟ
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2nd f. sg. (your)
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ܐܕܢܟܝ
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ܐܕܢܗܬܟܝ ,ܐܕܢܬܟܝ ,ܐܕܢܝܟܝ
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3rd m. sg. (his)
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ܐܕܢܗ
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ܐܕܢܗܬܗ ,ܐܕܢܬܗ ,ܐܕܢܘܗܝ
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3rd f. sg. (her)
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ܐܕܢܗ
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ܐܕܢܗܬܗ ,ܐܕܢܬܗ ,ܐܕܢܝܗ
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1st c. pl. (our)
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ܐܕܢܢ
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ܐܕܢܗܬܢ ,ܐܕܢܬܢ ,ܐܕܢܝܢ
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2nd m. pl. (your)
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ܐܕܢܟܘܢ
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ܐܕܢܗܬܟܘܢ ,ܐܕܢܬܟܘܢ ,ܐܕܢܝܟܘܢ
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2nd f. pl. (your)
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ܐܕܢܟܝܢ
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ܐܕܢܗܬܟܝܢ ,ܐܕܢܬܟܝܢ ,ܐܕܝܟܝܢ
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3rd m. pl. (their)
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ܐܕܢܗܘܢ
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ܐܕܢܗܬܗܘܢ ,ܐܕܢܬܗܘܢ ,ܐܕܢܝܗܘܢ
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3rd f. pl. (their)
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ܐܕܢܗܝܢ
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ܐܕܢܗܬܗܝܢ ,ܐܕܢܬܗܝܢ ,ܐܕܢܝܗܝܢ
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References
- “ˀdn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-14
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 3a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 4a
- 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 10b
Turoyo
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔuḏn-.
Noun
ܐܰܕ݂ܢܐ • (aḏno) f
- ear