ܥܢܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic عَنَان (ʿanān) and Hebrew עָנָן (ʿānān).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ʕ(ə)nɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA: [ʕ(ə)nɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܢܢܐ f (emphatic plural ܥܢܢܐ)

1. cloud
2. cloudiness
3. (alchemy) quicksilver, mercury

Inflection

    declension of ܥܢܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܥܢܢ	ܥܢܢܝܢ
construct	ܥܢܢ	ܥܢܢܝ
emphatic	ܥܢܢܐ	ܥܢܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܥܢܢܝ	ܥܢܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܥܢܢܟ	ܥܢܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܥܢܢܟܝ	ܥܢܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܥܢܢܗ	ܥܢܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܥܢܢܗ	ܥܢܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܥܢܢܢ	ܥܢܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܥܢܢܟܘܢ	ܥܢܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܥܢܢܟܝܢ	ܥܢܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܥܢܢܗܘܢ	ܥܢܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܥܢܢܗܝܢ	ܥܢܢܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic عِنِّين (ʿinnīn).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ʕannɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA: [ʕannɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܥܢܢܐ m (emphatic plural ܥܢܢܐ ; singular feminine counterpart ܥܢܢܬܐ)

1. sexually impotent

Inflection

    declension of ܥܢܢܐ

masculine	singular	plural
absolute	ܥܢܢ	ܥܢܢܝܢ
construct	ܥܢܢ	ܥܢܢܝ
emphatic	ܥܢܢܐ	ܥܢܢܐ
feminine	singular	plural
absolute	ܥܢܢܐ	ܥܢܢܢ
construct	ܥܢܢܬ	ܥܢܢܬ
emphatic	ܥܢܢܬܐ	ܥܢܢܬܐ

References

• "(nn" in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
• Louis Costaz, Syriac-English Dictionary, 1963, p. 257a
• Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902, p. 420b
• Michael Sokoloff, A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, 2009, p. 1118a