ܟܐܢܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܟܢܘܬܐ

Etymology

From ܟܐܢ (kē(ʾ)n, “just, righteous”), from the root ܟ-ܘ-ܢ related to uprightness + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ). Compare Hebrew כֵּנוּת (kēnûṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ke(ʔ)nuθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܟܐܢܘܬܐ • (kēnūṯā) f(uncountable)

1. justice, righteousness, rectitude
2. uprightness

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܐܢܘܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܐܢܘ		1st person	ܟܐܢܘܬܝ		ܟܐܢܘܬܢ
	construct	ܟܐܢܘܬ		2nd person	ܟܐܢܘܬܟ	ܟܐܢܘܬܟܝ	ܟܐܢܘܬܟܘܢ	ܟܐܢܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܐܢܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܟܐܢܘܬܗ	ܟܐܢܘܬܗ	ܟܐܢܘܬܗܘܢ	ܟܐܢܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• “kynw”, 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. 153a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 202a
• 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. 594a