ܟܐܢܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

ܟܢܘܬܐ

Etymology

From ܟܐܢ (kē(ʾ)n, “just, righteous”), from the root ܟ-ܘ-ܢ (k-w-n) related to uprightness + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ). Compare Hebrew כֵּנוּת (kēnûṯ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ke(ʔ)nuθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܟܐܢܘܬܐ • (kēnūṯā) f(uncountable)

Inflection

declension of ܟܐܢܘܬܐ

state	singular (uncountable)
absolute	ܟܐܢܘ
construct	ܟܐܢܘܬ
emphatic	ܟܐܢܘܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܟܐܢܘܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܟܐܢܘܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܟܐܢܘܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܟܐܢܘܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܟܐܢܘܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܟܐܢܘܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܟܐܢܘܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܟܐܢܘܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܟܐܢܘܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܟܐܢܘܬܗܝܢ

References

“kynw”, 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. 153a
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 202a
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. 594a