ܬܢܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܬ-ܢ-ܢ (t-n-n) related to smoking, from Proto-Semitic *ʿṯn. Compare Arabic عَثَن (ʕaṯan) and Hebrew עָשָׁן (ʿāšān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɛnnɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tɛnnɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܢܢܐ • (tennānā) m (plural ܬܢܢܐ)

1. smoke, steam
2. fume, reek
3. stone used for polishing glass

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܢܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܬܢܢ		1st person	ܬܢܢܝ		ܬܢܢܢ
	construct	ܬܢܢ		2nd person	ܬܢܢܟ	ܬܢܢܟܝ	ܬܢܢܟܘܢ	ܬܢܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܢܢܐ		3rd person	ܬܢܢܗ	ܬܢܢܗ	ܬܢܢܗܘܢ	ܬܢܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܬܢܢܝܢ		1st person	ܬܢܢܝ		ܬܢܢܝܢ
	construct	ܬܢܢܝ		2nd person	ܬܢܢܝܟ	ܬܢܢܝܟܝ	ܬܢܢܝܟܘܢ	ܬܢܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܢܢܐ		3rd person	ܬܢܢܘܗܝ	ܬܢܢܝܗ	ܬܢܢܝܗܘܢ	ܬܢܢܝܗܝܢ

See also

• ܚܒܘܪܐ

References

• “tnn”, 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. 394a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 617a
• 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. 1656b