ܩܝܢܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic قَيْنَة (qayna) and Hebrew קִינָה (qînâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qintɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qinɑθɑ(ʔ)], [qinjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܝܢܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܩܝܢܝܬܐ or ܩܝܢܬܐ)

1. song, chant, hymn, canticle, elegy
2. singing, wailing
3. (music) melody; meter/metre; tone

Inflection

    declension of ܩܝܢܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܩܝܢܐ	ܩܝܢܝܢ ,ܩܝܢܢ
construct	ܩܝܢܬ	ܩܝܢܝܬ ,ܩܝܢܬ
emphatic	ܩܝܢܬܐ	ܩܝܢܝܬܐ ,ܩܝܢܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܩܝܢܬܝ	ܩܝܢܝܬܝ ,ܩܝܢܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܩܝܢܬܟ	ܩܝܢܝܬܟ ,ܩܝܢܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܩܝܢܬܟܝ	ܩܝܢܝܬܟܝ ,ܩܝܢܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܩܝܢܬܗ	ܩܝܢܝܬܗ ,ܩܝܢܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܩܝܢܬܗ	ܩܝܢܝܬܗ ,ܩܝܢܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܩܝܢܬܢ	ܩܝܢܝܬܢ ,ܩܝܢܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܩܝܢܬܟܘܢ	ܩܝܢܝܬܟܘܢ ,ܩܝܢܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܩܝܢܬܟܝܢ	ܩܝܢܝܬܟܝܢ ,ܩܝܢܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܩܝܢܬܗܘܢ	ܩܝܢܝܬܗܘܢ ,ܩܝܢܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܩܝܢܬܗܝܢ	ܩܝܢܝܬܗܝܢ ,ܩܝܢܬܗܝܢ

References

• “qynh”, 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. 318b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 504a-b
• 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. 1364b