ܩܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic كِنّ‎ (kinn) and Hebrew קֵן‎ (ken).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ˈqɪn.nɑː]

Noun

ܩܸܢܵܐ • (qinnā) f sg (plural ܩܸܢܵܬܹ̈ܐ‎ (qinnātē))

  1. nest, rookery
    • Job 39:27:
      ‏ܥܲܠ ܦܘܼܩܕܵܢܵܐ ܕܦܘܼܡܘܼܟ݂ ܟܹܐ ܪܵܝܹܡ ܢܸܫܪܵܐ، ܘܡܲܪܸܡ ܩܸܢܘܼܗܝ ܠܫܩܝܼܦܵܐ؟‎‎
      ʿal puqdānā d-pumuḵ kē rāyēm nišrā, w-marrim qinuh l-šqīpā?
      Does the eagle mount up at your command, and make its nest on high?
  2. kernel (of a nut)
Inflection

Etymology 2

Root
ܩ ܢ ܐ‎ (q n ʾ)
1 term

From Aramaic קְנַא‎ (qənaʾ); related to Hebrew קָנָה‎ (kaná, “to buy, obtain”).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [qɑːneː]

Verb

ܩܵܢܹܐ • (qānē) (present participle ܩܢܵܝܵܐ‎ (qnāyā), past participle ܩܸܢܝܵܐ‎ (qinyā))

  1. to earn; to gain; to obtain
    ‏ܟܹܐ ܩܵܢܹܝܢ 50 ܕܝܼܢܵܪܹ̈ܐ ܓܵܘ ܫܵܥܬܵܐ.‎‎
    kē qānēn 50 dīnārē gāw šāʿtā.
    I earn 50 dinarii per hour.
  2. to own; to possess
  3. to win
    ‏ܩܢܹܐ ܠܲܢ ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢܵܐ!‎‎ ― qnē lan āḡonā! ― We won the game!
    Synonyms: ܩܵܪܹܡ‎ (qārēm), ܙܵܟ݂ܹܐ‎ (zāḵē)
Conjugation
Antonyms

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic كِنّ‎ (kinn) and Hebrew קֵן‎ (qēn).

Alternative forms

  • (Western Syriac) ܩܐܢܐ‎ (qeʾnā)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈqɛn.nɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈqɪn.nɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈqe.no]

Noun

ܩܢܐ • (qennā) f (plural ܩܢܐ (qennē) or ܩܢܢܐ‎ (qennənē))

  1. nest, rookery
    • Peshitta, Job 39:27:
      ‏ܥܠ ܡܠܬ ܦܘܡܟ ܢܬܬܪܝܡ ܢܫܪܐ. ܘܡܪܝܡ ܩܢܗ ܠܫܩܝܦܐ.‎‎
      ʿal mellaṯ pūmmāḵ nettərīm nešrē, wa-mərīm qennēh la-šəqīp̄ā.
      Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
  2. brood
  3. hive
    Synonym: ܒܝܬܐ‎ (baytā)
  4. anthill
    Synonym: ܢܡܠܐ‎ (nəmālā)
  5. kernel (of a nut)
  6. lupanar, brothel, whorehouse
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [q(ə.)ˈne]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈqne]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈqne]

Noun

ܩܢܐ • (qənē)

  1. absolute singular of ܩܢܝܐ‎
  2. construct state singular of ܩܢܝܐ‎

References

  • “qn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-02-26
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 674a
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 322a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 509a
  • 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 1379a-b
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