ܗܘܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܗ-ܘ-ܢ (h-w-n) related to understanding. Compare Hebrew הֲבָנָה (/ha.vaˈna/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hawnɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [hawne(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܗܘܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܗܘܢܐ)

1. mind, intelligence
2. reason, wisdom
3. sense, meaning
4. opinion, dogma

Inflection

Inflection of ܗܘܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܗܘܢ		1st person	ܗܘܢܝ		ܗܘܢܢ
	construct	ܗܘܢ		2nd person	ܗܘܢܟ	ܗܘܢܟܝ	ܗܘܢܟܘܢ	ܗܘܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܗܘܢܐ		3rd person	ܗܘܢܗ	ܗܘܢܗ	ܗܘܢܗܘܢ	ܗܘܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܗܘܢܝܢ		1st person	ܗܘܢܝ		ܗܘܢܝܢ
	construct	ܗܘܢܝ		2nd person	ܗܘܢܝܟ	ܗܘܢܝܟܝ	ܗܘܢܝܟܘܢ	ܗܘܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܗܘܢܐ		3rd person	ܗܘܢܘܗܝ	ܗܘܢܝܗ	ܗܘܢܝܗܘܢ	ܗܘܢܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܗܘܢ
• ܗܘܢܝ

References

• “hwn”, 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. 76b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 102b
• 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. 336a