ܪܛܢܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ܪܛܢܐ (reṭnām (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

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References

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  • 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