ܢܢܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒌑𒀭𒈾𒉌𒄷 (/⁠ananīḫu⁠/), Old Armenian անանուխ (ananux), Arabic نَعْنَع (naʕnaʕ), نَعْنَاع (naʕnāʕ), and Hebrew נַעְנַע (naʿnaʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɑnʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nɑnʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܢܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܢܥܐ)

1. (botany) mint

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܢܥܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܢܥ		1st person	ܢܢܥܝ		ܢܢܥܢ
	construct	ܢܢܥ		2nd person	ܢܢܥܟ	ܢܢܥܟܝ	ܢܢܥܟܘܢ	ܢܢܥܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܢܥܐ		3rd person	ܢܢܥܗ	ܢܢܥܗ	ܢܢܥܗܘܢ	ܢܢܥܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܢܥܝܢ		1st person	ܢܢܥܝ		ܢܢܥܝܢ
	construct	ܢܢܥܝ		2nd person	ܢܢܥܝܟ	ܢܢܥܝܟܝ	ܢܢܥܝܟܘܢ	ܢܢܥܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܢܥܐ		3rd person	ܢܢܥܘܗܝ	ܢܢܥܝܗ	ܢܢܥܝܗܘܢ	ܢܢܥܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• ܢܢܚܐ
• ܢܥܢܥ

References

• “nnˁ”, 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. 205b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 341a
• 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. 923a