ܣܘܢܩܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Root
ܣ-ܢ-ܩ
1 term

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sunqɑnɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [sunqɑne(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܣܘܢܩܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܣܘܢܩܢܐ)

1. need, necessity
2. frivolous conversation, small talk

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܘܢܩܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܣܘܢܩܢ		1st person	ܣܘܢܩܢܝ		ܣܘܢܩܢܢ
	construct	ܣܘܢܩܢ		2nd person	ܣܘܢܩܢܟ	ܣܘܢܩܢܟܝ	ܣܘܢܩܢܟܘܢ	ܣܘܢܩܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܘܢܩܢܐ		3rd person	ܣܘܢܩܢܗ	ܣܘܢܩܢܗ	ܣܘܢܩܢܗܘܢ	ܣܘܢܩܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܣܘܢܩܢܝܢ		1st person	ܣܘܢܩܢܝ		ܣܘܢܩܢܝܢ
	construct	ܣܘܢܩܢܝ		2nd person	ܣܘܢܩܢܝܟ	ܣܘܢܩܢܝܟܝ	ܣܘܢܩܢܝܟܘܢ	ܣܘܢܩܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܘܢܩܢܐ		3rd person	ܣܘܢܩܢܘܗܝ	ܣܘܢܩܢܝܗ	ܣܘܢܩܢܝܗܘܢ	ܣܘܢܩܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “swnqn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Brockelmann, Carl (1895) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), Berlin, Edinburgh: Reuther & Reichard, T. & T. Clark, page 232a
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 232a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 368a-b