ܐܘܩܝܢܘܣ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܐܘܩܝܢܘܣ, from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós); compare Hebrew אוֹקְיָנוֹס (oqyanós)

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʔɪw.qəjɑːnosː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ʔuːqəjɑːnosː]

Noun

ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ • (ēwqyānōs) m sg (plural ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܹ̈ܐ (ēwqyānōsē) or ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܼ (ēwqyānū))

1. ocean (a very large body of salt water covering approximately 71% of the surface of Earth and 97% of Earth's water)

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	–		1st person	ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܝܼ (ēwqyānōsī)		ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܲܢ (ēwqyānōsan)
	construct	ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ (ēwqyānōs)		2nd person	ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܘܼܟ݂ (ēwqyānōsūḵ)	ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܵܟ݂ܝ (ēwqyānōsāḵ)	ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ēwqyānōsāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ (ēwqyānōs)		3rd person	ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܹܗ (ēwqyānōsēh)	ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܵܗ̇ (ēwqyānōsāh)	ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܗܘܿܢ (ēwqyānōshōn)
plural	absolute	–		1st person	ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܝܼ̈ (ēwqyānōsī)		ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܲܢ̈ (ēwqyānōsan)
	construct	ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܲܝ̈ (ēwqyānōsay)		2nd person	ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ēwqyānōsūḵ)	ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ēwqyānōsāḵ)	ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ēwqyānōsāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܹ̈ܐ (ēwqyānōsē)		3rd person	ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ēwqyānōsūh)	ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (ēwqyānōsōh)	ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܗ̈ܘܿܢ (ēwqyānōshōn)

Hyponyms

• (Oceans) ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܹ̈ܐ (ēwqyānōsē); ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ ܫܸܠܝܵܐ (ēwqyānōs šilyā), ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ ܕܐܲܛܠܵܢܛܝܼܩܘܿܢ (ēwqyānōs d-aṭlānṭīqōn), ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ ܗܸܢܕܘܵܝܵܐ (ēwqyānōs hindwāyā), ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ ܓܠܝܼܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ ܬܲܝܡܢܵܝܵܐ (ēwqyānōs glīḏāyā taymnāyā), ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ ܓܠܝܼܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ ܓܲܪܒܝܵܝܵܐ (ēwqyānōs glīḏāyā garbyāyā), ^{(Category: aii:Oceans)}

Derived terms

• ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܵܝܵܐ (ēwqyānōsāyā, “oceanic”)
• ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܝܼܵܐ (ēwqyānōsīyā, “Oceania”)
• ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܢܘܼܬ ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ (maḵtḇānūt ēwqyānōs, “oceanography”)

See also

• ܝܵܡܵܐ (yāmā, “sea”)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܘܩܝܐܢܘܣ (ʾwqyʾnws)
• ܐܘܩܐܐܢܘܣ (ʾwqʾʾnws)
• ܐܘܩܐܘܢܣ (ʾwqʾnws)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔo.qeˈjɑ.nos]

Noun

ܐܘܩܝܢܘܣ • (ʾōqeyānōs) m (plural ܐܘܩܝܢܘ)

1. ocean

See also

• ܝܡܐ (yammā)

References

• “ˀwqyˀnws”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-15
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 4b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 7b
• 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. 20a