Classical Syriac edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܕ-ܗ-ܢ (d-h-n) related to becoming fat. Compare Arabic دُهْن (duhn) and Hebrew דֹּהַן (dṓhan).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [duhhɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [duhhɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܕܘܗܢܐ (duahanam (plural ܕܘܗܢܐ)

  1. fat, fatness
  2. restoration, recovery; strengthening

Inflection edit

References edit

  • dwhn”, 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, p. 59b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 85a
  • 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. 278b