ܬܢܝܢܐ
Classical SyriacEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Akkadian 𒆗𒉌𒈾 (danninu, “netherworld; source of earthquakes; the inaccessible land where the dead remain”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *dnn/*tnn (“to be mighty, to be strong; to be fortified, to be long lasting, to stay at a place; to rumble, to earthquake, to shake with a booming noise”). Also found as Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic תַּנִּינָא (tannīnā), Arabic تِنِّين (tinnīn), Hebrew תַּנִּין (tannīn), Ugaritic 𐎚𐎐𐎐 (tnn), Ge'ez ተመን (tämän), Tigrinya ተመን (tämän), Amharic ተመን (tämän).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ܬܢܝܢܐ • (tannīnā) m (plural ܬܢܝܢܐ (tannīnē))
- dragon, sea serpent, monster
- snake, serpent, adder
- (alchemy) spice-box, slender perforated bronze vessel used to hold dry herbs
InflectionEdit
state | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
absolute | ܬܢܝܢ | ܬܢܝܢܝܢ |
construct | ܬܢܝܢ | ܬܢܝܢܝ |
emphatic | ܬܢܝܢܐ | ܬܢܝܢܐ |
possessive forms | ||
1st c. sg. (my) | ܬܢܝܢܝ | ܬܢܝܢܝ |
2nd m. sg. (your) | ܬܢܝܢܟ | ܬܢܝܢܝܟ |
2nd f. sg. (your) | ܬܢܝܢܟܝ | ܬܢܝܢܝܟܝ |
3rd m. sg. (his) | ܬܢܝܢܗ | ܬܢܝܢܘܗܝ |
3rd f. sg. (her) | ܬܢܝܢܗ | ܬܢܝܢܝܗ |
1st c. pl. (our) | ܬܢܝܢܢ | ܬܢܝܢܝܢ |
2nd m. pl. (your) | ܬܢܝܢܟܘܢ | ܬܢܝܢܝܟܘܢ |
2nd f. pl. (your) | ܬܢܝܢܟܝܢ | ܬܢܝܢܝܟܝܢ |
3rd m. pl. (their) | ܬܢܝܢܗܘܢ | ܬܢܝܢܝܗܘܢ |
3rd f. pl. (their) | ܬܢܝܢܗܝܢ | ܬܢܝܢܝܗܝܢ |
Proper nounEdit
ܬܢܝܢܐ • (tannīnā) m
Etymology 2Edit
From the root ܬ-ܢ-ܐ (t-n-ʾ) related to recounting.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
ܬܢܝܢܐ • (tenyānā) m (plural ܬܢܝܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܬܢܝܢܬܐ)
InflectionEdit
NounEdit
ܬܢܝܢܐ • (tenyānā) m (plural ܬܢܝܢܐ (tenyānē))
- iteration, repetition, recitation
- citing, recounting
- tale, story
- commemoration
- grandson
- two-year old
- young, offspring
- mate, cellmate
- representative, subprior, second-in-command
InflectionEdit
state | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
absolute | ܬܢܝܢ | ܬܢܝܢܝܢ |
construct | ܬܢܝܢ | ܬܢܝܢܝ |
emphatic | ܬܢܝܢܐ | ܬܢܝܢܐ |
possessive forms | ||
1st c. sg. (my) | ܬܢܝܢܝ | ܬܢܝܢܝ |
2nd m. sg. (your) | ܬܢܝܢܟ | ܬܢܝܢܝܟ |
2nd f. sg. (your) | ܬܢܝܢܟܝ | ܬܢܝܢܝܟܝ |
3rd m. sg. (his) | ܬܢܝܢܗ | ܬܢܝܢܘܗܝ |
3rd f. sg. (her) | ܬܢܝܢܗ | ܬܢܝܢܝܗ |
1st c. pl. (our) | ܬܢܝܢܢ | ܬܢܝܢܝܢ |
2nd m. pl. (your) | ܬܢܝܢܟܘܢ | ܬܢܝܢܝܟܘܢ |
2nd f. pl. (your) | ܬܢܝܢܟܝܢ | ܬܢܝܢܝܟܝܢ |
3rd m. pl. (their) | ܬܢܝܢܗܘܢ | ܬܢܝܢܝܗܘܢ |
3rd f. pl. (their) | ܬܢܝܢܗܝܢ | ܬܢܝܢܝܗܝܢ |
ReferencesEdit
- “tnyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project[1], Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “tnyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project[2], Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Costaz, Louis, Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, 2002, page 394a-b
- Payne Smith, Jessie, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903, pages 616b-617a
- Sokoloff, Michael, 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, 2009, page 1655b