Classical Syriac edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [q(ə.)ˈno.mɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈqno.mɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈqnu.mo]

Noun edit

ܩܢܘܡܐ (qənōmām (plural ܩܢܘܡܐ (qənōmē))

  1. person, self, individual
  2. face
  3. substance, figure, body
  4. essence, being
  5. (Christianity, theology) hypostasis, substantive reality
    Coordinate terms: ܟܝܢܐ (kəyānā), ܦܪܨܘܦܐ (parṣōp̄ā)

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Arabic: أقنوم

References edit

  • qnwm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-02-26
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 323a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 509b-510a
  • 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 1380b