Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Etymology edit

Root
ܥ ܢ ܐ (ˁ n ˀ)
4 terms

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʕɑːneː]

Verb edit

ܥܵܢܹܐ (ˁānē) (present participle ܥܢܵܝܵܐ (ˁnāyā), past participle ܥܸܢܝܵܐ (ˁinyā))

  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 illōh, ḥartā ˁnē lāh ilī ḥaṣīpāˀīt
    I spoke to her, then she spoke back to me with impudence.

Conjugation edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Semitic *ṣ́aʾn-.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ܥܢܐ (ʿānāf (plural ܥܢܘܬܐ or ܥܢܬܐ or ܥܢܐ)

  1. flock, herd (especially of sheep)

Inflection edit

References edit

  • 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