ܥܢܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic عَنَان (ʕanān) and Hebrew עָנָן (ʿānān).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)nɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)nɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܢܢܐ • (ʕnānā’) f (plural ܥܢܢܐ)

  1. cloud
  2. cloudiness
  3. (alchemy) quicksilver, mercury
Inflection
    inflection of ܥܢܢܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܥܢܢ ܥܢܢܝܢ
construct ܥܢܢ ܥܢܢܝ
emphatic ܥܢܢܐ ܥܢܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܥܢܢܝ ܥܢܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܥܢܢܟ ܥܢܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܥܢܢܟܝ ܥܢܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܥܢܢܗ ܥܢܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܥܢܢܗ ܥܢܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܥܢܢܢ ܥܢܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܥܢܢܟܘܢ ܥܢܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܥܢܢܟܝܢ ܥܢܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܥܢܢܗܘܢ ܥܢܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܥܢܢܗܝܢ ܥܢܢܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic عِنِّين (ʕinnīn).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʕannɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕannɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܥܢܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܥܢܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܥܢܢܬܐ)

  1. sexually impotent
Inflection
    declension of ܥܢܢܐ
masculine singular plural
absolute ܥܢܢ ܥܢܢܝܢ
construct ܥܢܢ ܥܢܢܝ
emphatic ܥܢܢܐ ܥܢܢܐ
feminine singular plural
absolute ܥܢܢܐ ܥܢܢܢ
construct ܥܢܢܬ ܥܢܢܬ
emphatic ܥܢܢܬܐ ܥܢܢܬܐ

References
  • “ˁnn”, 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, p. 257a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 420b
  • 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, p. 1118a
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