ܬܪܝܢ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 ܒ.
2
3  → 
    Cardinal: ܬܪܹܝܢ (trēn)
    Ordinal: ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܐ (trayyānā)
    Multiplier: ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܝܵܐ (trayyānāyā)
    Fractional: ܦܲܠܓܵܐ (palgā)
Root
ܬ ܢ ܐ (t n ˀ)
11 terms

Alternative forms

  • ܬܪܹܝ (trēy), ܬܪܹܝܢ݇ (trēy), ܬܪܹ̈ܝܢ݇ (trēy)

Etymology

From Aramaic תְּרֵין (tərēn), from Proto-Semitic *ṯin-; compare Arabic اِثْنَان (iṯnān) and Hebrew שְׁנַיִם (sh'náyim).

Pronunciation

Numeral

ܬܪܹܝܢ (trēnm (feminine ܬܲܪܬܹܝܢ (tartēn), construct ܬܪܲܝ (tray))

  1. two
    ܬܪܹܝܢ ܟܬܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐtrēn ktāḇētwo books
    ܬܲܪܬܹܝܢ ܢܸܫܹ̈ܐ ܘܬܪܹܝܢ ܓܲܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐtartēn niššē w-trēn gaḇrētwo women and two men
    ܥܸܣܪܝܼ ܘܬܪܹܝܢ ܟܬܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐˁisrī w-trēn ktāḇētwenty-two books

Classical Syriac

Classical Syriac cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ܬܪܝܢ (trēn)
    Ordinal : ܬܪܝܢܐ (trayyānā)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯināni.

Pronunciation

Numeral

ܬܪܝܢ (trēnm (feminine ܬܪܬܝܢ (tartēn))

  1. two (2)

References

  • tryn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 835
  • Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) “ܬܪܝܢ”, in Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 620