ܐܘܘܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܘܢܐ (ʾawwānāʾ)

Etymology

Either from the root ܐ-ܘ-ܐ (ʾ-w-ʾ) related to staying or from Middle Iranian *āwān. Compare Old Armenian աւան (awan, “village, small town”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔaw(wə)wɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔaw(wə)wɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܘܘܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܘܘܢܐ)

1. inn, lodging
2. (by extension) abode, habitation, dwelling, house, home, mansion
3. (figuratively) heaven

Inflection

    inflection of ܐܘܘܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܘܘܢ	ܐܘܘܢܝܢ
construct	ܐܘܘܢ	ܐܘܘܢܝ
emphatic	ܐܘܘܢܐ	ܐܘܘܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܐܘܘܢܝ	ܐܘܘܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܐܘܘܢܟ	ܐܘܘܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܐܘܘܢܟܝ	ܐܘܘܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܐܘܘܢܗ	ܐܘܘܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܐܘܘܢܗ	ܐܘܘܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܐܘܘܢܢ	ܐܘܘܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܐܘܘܢܟܘܢ	ܐܘܘܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܐܘܘܢܟܝܢ	ܐܘܘܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܐܘܘܢܗܘܢ	ܐܘܘܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܐܘܘܢܗܝܢ	ܐܘܘܢܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܐܘܢܬܐ (ʾawwāntāʾ)

References

• “ˀwwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-07-26
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, pages 101–102
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 3b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 5a
• 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, p. 13b