آنك

See also: أنك

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic אָנְכָא / ܐܵܢܟ݂ܵܐ (ānḵā), from Akkadian 𒀭𒈾 (annakum), from Sumerian 𒀭𒈾 (an-na /⁠anna⁠/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.nuk/

Noun

آنُك • (ʔānuk) m

1. lead, Pb

   Synonym: رَصَاص (raṣāṣ)

   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 91:56:

     مَنِ ٱسْتَمَعَ إِلَى حَدِيثِ قَوْمٍ وَهُمْ لَهُ كَارِهُونَ أَوْ يَفِرُّونَ مِنْهُ، صُبَّ فِي أُذُنِهِ الآنُكُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ.

     mani stamaʕa ʔilā ḥadīṯi qawmin wahum lahu kārihūna ʔaw yafirrūna minhu, ṣubba fī ʔuḏunihi al-ʔānuku yawma l-qiyāmati.

     If somebody eavesdrops on a conversation of a party who disapproves or flees this molten lead will be poured into his ears on the Day of Resurrection.

Declension

Declension of noun آنُك (ʔānuk)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	آنُك ʔānuk	الْآنُك al-ʔānuk	آنُك ʔānuk
Nominative	آنُكٌ ʔānukun	الْآنُكُ al-ʔānuku	آنُكُ ʔānuku
Accusative	آنُكًا ʔānukan	الْآنُكَ al-ʔānuka	آنُكَ ʔānuka
Genitive	آنُكٍ ʔānukin	الْآنُكِ al-ʔānuki	آنُكِ ʔānuki

References

• “anna”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary‎^[1], University of Pennsylvania, 2006
• “annaku”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[2], volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968, page 127
• “ˀnk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “آنك”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[3] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 42
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 153
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “آنك”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[4] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 66
• Guidi, Ignazio (1879) Della sede primitiva dei popoli semitici (in Italian), Rome: Tipi del Salviucci, page 18
• Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, page 145
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “آنك”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 49
• Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 59