ܟܗܢܐ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Either borrowed from or cognate with Hebrew כוהן / כֹּהֵן (kōhēn). Compare Arabic كَاهِن (kāhin).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܟܗܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܗܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܟܗܢܬܐ)
Inflection
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܗܢ | 1st person | ܟܗܢܝ | ܟܗܢܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܗܢ | 2nd person | ܟܗܢܟ | ܟܗܢܟܝ | ܟܗܢܟܘܢ | ܟܗܢܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܗܢܐ | 3rd person | ܟܗܢܗ | ܟܗܢܗ | ܟܗܢܗܘܢ | ܟܗܢܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܟܗܢܝܢ | 1st person | ܟܗܢܝ | ܟܗܢܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܗܢܝ | 2nd person | ܟܗܢܝܟ | ܟܗܢܝܟܝ | ܟܗܢܝܟܘܢ | ܟܗܢܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܗܢܐ | 3rd person | ܟܗܢܘܗܝ | ܟܗܢܝܗ | ܟܗܢܝܗܘܢ | ܟܗܢܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old Armenian: քահանայ (kʻahanay)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “khn”, 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. 151b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 206a
- 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. 601b