ܬܘܢܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܬ-ܢ-ܐ (t-n-ʾ) related to recounting; compare Hebrew תִּנּוּי (tinnûy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tunnɑjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tunnɑje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܘܢܝܐ • (tūnnāyāʾ) m (plural ܬܘܢܝܐ)

1. narrative, story, tale, byword, history
2. speech, discourse, conversation, talk
3. (ecclesiastical) church sermon
4. (grammar) indicative mood

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܘܢܝܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܬܘܢܝ		1st person	ܬܘܢܝܝ		ܬܘܢܝܢ
	construct	ܬܘܢܝ		2nd person	ܬܘܢܝܟ	ܬܘܢܝܟܝ	ܬܘܢܝܟܘܢ	ܬܘܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܘܢܝܐ		3rd person	ܬܘܢܝܗ	ܬܘܢܝܗ	ܬܘܢܝܗܘܢ	ܬܘܢܝܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܬܘܢܝܝܢ		1st person	ܬܘܢܝܝ		ܬܘܢܝܝܢ
	construct	ܬܘܢܝܝ		2nd person	ܬܘܢܝܝܟ	ܬܘܢܝܝܟܝ	ܬܘܢܝܝܟܘܢ	ܬܘܢܝܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܘܢܝܐ		3rd person	ܬܘܢܝܘܗܝ	ܬܘܢܝܝܗ	ܬܘܢܝܝܗܘܢ	ܬܘܢܝܝܗܝܢ

References

• “twny”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-10-12
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 394b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 608a
• 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, pp. 1631b-1632a