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

Inflection of ܩܝܢܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܩܝܢܐ		1st person	ܩܝܢܬܝ		ܩܝܢܬܢ
	construct	ܩܝܢܬ		2nd person	ܩܝܢܬܟ	ܩܝܢܬܟܝ	ܩܝܢܬܟܘܢ	ܩܝܢܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܝܢܬܐ		3rd person	ܩܝܢܬܗ	ܩܝܢܬܗ	ܩܝܢܬܗܘܢ	ܩܝܢܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܩܝܢܝܢ ,ܩܝܢܢ		1st person	ܩܝܢܝܬܝ ,ܩܝܢܬܝ		ܩܝܢܝܬܢ ,ܩܝܢܬܢ
	construct	ܩܝܢܝܬ ,ܩܝܢܬ		2nd person	ܩܝܢܝܬܟ ,ܩܝܢܬܟ	ܩܝܢܝܬܟܝ ,ܩܝܢܬܟܝ	ܩܝܢܝܬܟܘܢ ,ܩܝܢܬܟܘܢ	ܩܝܢܝܬܟܝܢ ,ܩܝܢܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܝܢܝܬܐ ,ܩܝܢܬܐ		3rd person	ܩܝܢܝܬܗ ,ܩܝܢܬܗ	ܩܝܢܝܬܗ ,ܩܝܢܬܗ	ܩܝܢܝܬܗܘܢ ,ܩܝܢܬܗܘܢ	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