ܐܒܕܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• Hebrew script: אבדנא

Etymology

From the root ܐ ܒ ܕ related to perishing, or possibly from Hebrew אֲבַדּוֹן (ʾăḇaddôn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔavdɑnɑ(ʔ)], [ʔabdɑnɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܐܒܕܢܐ • (ˀaḇdānā) m(uncountable)

1. ruin, destruction, annihilation
2. perdition
3. loss
4. end

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܒܕܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܐܒܕܢ		1st person	ܐܒܕܢܝ		ܐܒܕܢܢ
	construct	ܐܒܕܢ		2nd person	ܐܒܕܢܟ	ܐܒܕܢܟܝ	ܐܒܕܢܟܘܢ	ܐܒܕܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܒܕܢܐ		3rd person	ܐܒܕܢܗ	ܐܒܕܢܗ	ܐܒܕܢܗܘܢ	ܐܒܕܢܗܝܢ

References

• “ˀbdn”, 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. 2a
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 2a
• 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. 2b