ܣܢܘܢܝܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒋆𒄷 (/⁠sinuntu⁠/), Arabic سُنُونُو (sunūnū), and Hebrew סְנוּנִית (sənûnîṯ). The dialectal pronunciation /sˤloːni/ is derived from the absolute form of this word.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [snoːniːθaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [sˤloːniːθa], [sˤloːni]

Preposition

ܣܢܘܿܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (snōnīṯā) f (plural ܣ̈ܢܘܿܢܝܼܵܬ݂ܵܐ (snōnīyāṯā))

1. swallow (bird)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒋆𒄷 (/⁠sinuntu⁠/), Arabic سُنُونُو (sunūnū), and Hebrew סְנוּנִית (sənûnîṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s(ə)noniθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [s(ə)nonjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܢܘܢܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܣܢܘܢܝܬܐ)

1. swallow (bird)
2. tortoise
3. bat (mammal)
4. (architecture) arch, hollow
5. (anatomy) sternum, hypochondrium

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܢܘܢܝܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܣܢܘܢܝ		1st person	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܝ		ܣܢܘܢܝܬܢ
	construct	ܣܢܘܢܝܬ		2nd person	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܟ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܟܝ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܟܘܢ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܗ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܗ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܗܘܢ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܣܢܘܢܝܢ		1st person	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܝ		ܣܢܘܢܝܬܢ
	construct	ܣܢܘܢܝܬ		2nd person	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܟ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܟܝ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܟܘܢ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܗ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܗ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܗܘܢ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܗܝܢ

References

• “snwny”, 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. 231b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 382b
• 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. 1023a