ܩܢܝܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܩ-ܢ-ܐ (q-n-ʾ) related to possessing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qɛnjɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qɛnjɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܢܝܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܢܝܢܐ)

1. possession, property, chattel
2. goods, substance
3. herd, beast of burden (especially cattle)
4. power, means

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܢܝܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܩܢܝܢ		1st person	ܩܢܝܢܝ		ܩܢܝܢܢ
	construct	ܩܢܝܢ		2nd person	ܩܢܝܢܟ	ܩܢܝܢܟܝ	ܩܢܝܢܟܘܢ	ܩܢܝܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܢܝܢܐ		3rd person	ܩܢܝܢܗ	ܩܢܝܢܗ	ܩܢܝܢܗܘܢ	ܩܢܝܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܩܢܝܢܝܢ		1st person	ܩܢܝܢܝ		ܩܢܝܢܝܢ
	construct	ܩܢܝܢܝ		2nd person	ܩܢܝܢܝܟ	ܩܢܝܢܝܟܝ	ܩܢܝܢܝܟܘܢ	ܩܢܝܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܢܝܢܐ		3rd person	ܩܢܝܢܘܗܝ	ܩܢܝܢܝܗ	ܩܢܝܢܝܗܘܢ	ܩܢܝܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “qnyn”, 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. 322b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 511a
• 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. 1385a