ܪܛܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܪ-ܛ-ܢ, 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

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܪܛܢ		1st person	ܪܛܢܝ		ܪܛܢܢ
	construct	ܪܛܢ		2nd person	ܪܛܢܟ	ܪܛܢܟܝ	ܪܛܢܟܘܢ	ܪܛܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܛܢܐ		3rd person	ܪܛܢܗ	ܪܛܢܗ	ܪܛܢܗܘܢ	ܪܛܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܪܛܢܝܢ		1st person	ܪܛܢܝ		ܪܛܢܝܢ
	construct	ܪܛܢܝ		2nd person	ܪܛܢܝܟ	ܪܛܢܝܟܝ	ܪܛܢܝܟܘܢ	ܪܛܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܛܢܐ		3rd person	ܪܛܢܘܗܝ	ܪܛܢܝܗ	ܪܛܢܝܗܘܢ	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