Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܪ-ܢ-ܐ (r-n-ʾ) related to thinking.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [rɛnjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [rɛnje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܪܢܝܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܪܢܝܐ)

  1. thought, reflection, meditation
  2. care, concern
  3. anxiety
  4. mocking

Inflection

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Irregular inflection with a stem ending in Yodh.

References

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  • rny”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-26
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 349a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 544b
  • 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. 1476a-b