ܐܒܕܢܐ
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- Hebrew script: אבדנא
Etymology
From the root ܐ-ܒ-ܕ (ʾ-b-d) related to perishing, or possibly from Hebrew אֲבַדּוֹן (ʾăḇaddôn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔavdɑnɑ(ʔ)], [ʔabdɑnɑ(ʔ)]
Noun
ܐܒܕܢܐ • (ˀaḇdānā) m (uncountable)
- ruin, destruction, annihilation
- perdition
- loss
- end
Inflection
declension of ܐܒܕܢܐ
| state | singular (uncountable) |
|---|---|
| absolute | ܐܒܕܢ |
| construct | ܐܒܕܢ |
| emphatic | ܐܒܕܢܐ |
| possessive forms | |
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܐܒܕܢܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܐܒܕܢܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܐܒܕܢܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܐܒܕܢܗ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܐܒܕܢܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܐܒܕܢܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܐܒܕܢܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܐܒܕܢܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܐܒܕܢܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܐܒܕܢܗܝܢ |
References
- “ˀbdn”, 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. 2a
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 2a
- 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. 2b