ܪܛܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܪ-ܛ-ܢ (r-ṭ-n), related to murmuring; compare Arabic رَطَانَة (raṭāna), رِطَانَة (riṭāna), Hebrew רֶטֶן (réṭen).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛtˤ.nɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈrɪtˤ.nɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛtˤ.no]

Noun

ܪܛܢܐ • (reṭnā) m (plural ܪܛܢܐ (reṭnē))

1. murmur, mutter, mumble, grumble
   • Peshitta, Exodus 16:7:

     ܘܒܨܦܪܐ ܬܚܙܘܢ ܫܘܒܚܗ ܕܡܪܝܐ. ܡܛܠ ܕܐܫܬܡܥ ܪܛܢܟܘܢ ܩܕܡ ܡܪܝܐ

     wa-ḇə-ṣap̄rā ṯeḥzon šūḇḥeh ḏə-Māryā; meṭṭōl də-ʾeštəmaʿ reṭnəḵōn qəḏām Māryā

     And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD

2. (Zoroastrianism) Magian incantation
3. scruple

Inflection

    inflection of ܪܛܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܪܛܢ	ܪܛܢܝܢ
construct	ܪܛܢ	ܪܛܢܝ
emphatic	ܪܛܢܐ	ܪܛܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܪܛܢܝ	ܪܛܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܪܛܢܟ	ܪܛܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܪܛܢܟܝ	ܪܛܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܪܛܢܗ	ܪܛܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܪܛܢܗ	ܪܛܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܪܛܢܢ	ܪܛܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܪܛܢܟܘܢ	ܪܛܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܪܛܢܟܝܢ	ܪܛܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܪܛܢܗܘܢ	ܪܛܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܪܛܢܗܝܢ	ܪܛܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “rṭn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-05-14
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 344b
• Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 318b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 539a
• 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, page 1460a