ܥܢܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic عَنَان (ʕanān) and Hebrew עָנָן (ʿānān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕ(ə)nɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕ(ə)nɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܢܢܐ • (ʕnānā’) f (plural ܥܢܢܐ)

1. cloud
2. cloudiness
3. (alchemy) quicksilver, mercury

Inflection

Inflection of ܥܢܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܥܢܢ		1st person	ܥܢܢܝ		ܥܢܢܢ
	construct	ܥܢܢ		2nd person	ܥܢܢܟ	ܥܢܢܟܝ	ܥܢܢܟܘܢ	ܥܢܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܥܢܢܐ		3rd person	ܥܢܢܗ	ܥܢܢܗ	ܥܢܢܗܘܢ	ܥܢܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܥܢܢܝܢ		1st person	ܥܢܢܝ		ܥܢܢܝܢ
	construct	ܥܢܢܝ		2nd person	ܥܢܢܝܟ	ܥܢܢܝܟܝ	ܥܢܢܝܟܘܢ	ܥܢܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܥܢܢܐ		3rd person	ܥܢܢܘܗܝ	ܥܢܢܝܗ	ܥܢܢܝܗܘܢ	ܥܢܢܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic عِنِّين (ʕinnīn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕannɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕannɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܥܢܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܥܢܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܥܢܢܬܐ)

1. sexually impotent

Inflection

Inflection of ܥܢܢܐ

person	singular		plural
	m	f	m	f
absolute	ܥܢܢ	ܥܢܢܐ	ܥܢܢܝܢ	ܥܢܢܢ
construct	ܥܢܢ	ܥܢܢܬ	ܥܢܢܝ	ܥܢܢܬ
emphatic	ܥܢܢܐ	ܥܢܢܬܐ	ܥܢܢܐ	ܥܢܢܬܐ

References

• “ˁnn”, 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. 257a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 420b
• 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. 1118a