ܚܢܢܐ
Classical Syriac
FWOTD – 22 March 2016
Etymology
From the root ܚ-ܢ-ܢ (ḥ-n-n) related to pitying. Compare Hebrew חֲנִינָה (ḥănīnā), Arabic حَنَان (ḥanān, “tenderness”), حَنِين (ḥanīn, “longing, nostalgia”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ħ(ə)nɑnɑ]
Noun
ܚܢܢܐ • (ḥənānā) m (uncountable)
- compassion, mercy, clemency
- pity, pitifulness
- favor/favour, grace
- compound of oil, dust, and water mixed with relics of saints or with earth from holy places used for anointing the sick
Inflection
declension of ܚܢܢܐ
| state | singular (uncountable) |
|---|---|
| absolute | ܚܢܢ |
| construct | ܚܢܢ |
| emphatic | ܚܢܢܐ |
| possessive forms | |
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܚܢܢܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܚܢܢܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܚܢܢܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܚܢܢܗ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܚܢܢܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܚܢܢܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܚܢܢܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܚܢܢܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܚܢܢܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܚܢܢܗܝܢ |
References
- “ḥnn2”, 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, page 109b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 149b
- 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 472b