ܕܘܗܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܕܘܘܗܢܐ

Etymology

From the root ܕ ܗ ܢ related to becoming fat. Compare Arabic دُهْن (duhn) and Hebrew דֹּהַן (dṓhan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [duhhɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [duhhɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܕܘܗܢܐ • (duahana) m (plural ܕܘܗܢܐ)

1. fat, fatness
2. restoration, recovery; strengthening

Inflection

Inflection of ܕܘܗܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܕܘܗܢ		1st person	ܕܘܗܢܝ		ܕܘܗܢܢ
	construct	ܕܘܗܢ		2nd person	ܕܘܗܢܟ	ܕܘܗܢܟܝ	ܕܘܗܢܟܘܢ	ܕܘܗܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܘܗܢܐ		3rd person	ܕܘܗܢܗ	ܕܘܗܢܗ	ܕܘܗܢܗܘܢ	ܕܘܗܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܕܘܗܢܝܢ		1st person	ܕܘܗܢܝ		ܕܘܗܢܝܢ
	construct	ܕܘܗܢܝ		2nd person	ܕܘܗܢܝܟ	ܕܘܗܢܝܟܝ	ܕܘܗܢܝܟܘܢ	ܕܘܗܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܘܗܢܐ		3rd person	ܕܘܗܢܘܗܝ	ܕܘܗܢܝܗ	ܕܘܗܢܝܗܘܢ	ܕܘܗܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “dwhn”, 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. 59b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 85a
• 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. 278b