ܩܢܐ

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

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ˈqɪn.nɑː]

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)

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

• (standard) IPA^(key): [qɑːneː]

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)

• ܛܲܠܸܩ‎ (ṭalliq)

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

• (Western Syriac) ܩܐܢܐ‎ (qeʾnā)

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

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

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

ܩܢܐ • (qənē)

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

• “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