ܥܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܥ ܢ ܐ (ʿ n ʾ)
3 terms

Etymology

From Aramaic עֲנַא (ʿăna); compare Arabic عَنَى (ʕanā) and Hebrew עָנָה ('aná).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʕɑːneː]

Verb

ܥܵܢܹܐ (ʿānē) (present participle ܥܢܵܝܵܐ (ʿnāyā), past participle ܥܸܢܝܵܐ (ʿinyā))

  1. to mean, to signify
    ܚܲܕ݇ܟ̰ܵܐ ܫܓ݂ܝܼܫܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܒܘܼܬ ܡܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܥܵܢܹܝܬ.
    I am a little confused about what you mean.
  2. to concern, to refer to
  3. to answer, to talk back, reply
    ܗܘܼܡܙܸܡ ܠܝܼ ܐܸܠܘܿܗ̇، ܚܲܪܬܵܐ ܥܢܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܐܸܠܝܼ ܚܲܨܝܼܦܵܐܝܼܬ
    humzim lī iloh, ḥartā ʿnē lāh ilī ḥaṣīpāʾīt
    I spoke to her, then she spoke back to me with impudence.

Conjugation

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṣ́aʾn-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʕɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular and plural)
  • IPA(key): [ʕɑnɑθɑ(ʔ)], [ʕɑnawwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܢܐ (ʿānā) f (plural ܥܢܘܬܐ or ܥܢܬܐ or ܥܢܐ)

  1. flock, herd (especially of sheep)

Inflection

References

  • ˁn”, 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, page 257b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 419a-b
  • 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 1114b
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