ܢܘܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
ܢܘܢܐ
Etymology
Inherited from Common Aramaic נוּנָא (nūnā, “fish”), from or a borrowing akin to Akkadian 𒄩 (nūnum).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [nʊːnɑː]
Noun
ܢܘܼܢܵܐ • (nuna) m sg (feminine ܢܘܼܢܬܵܐ (nunta), masculine plural ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (nune))
- fish: a limbless cold-blooded vertebrate animal with gills and fins living wholly in water.
Declension
Inflection of ܢܘܼܢܵܐ (nunā)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܢܘܼܢܝܼ (nunī) | ܢܘܼܢܲܢ (nunan) | ||
| construct | ܢܘܼܢ (nun) | 2nd person | ܢܘܼܢܘܼܟ݂ (nunuḵ) | ܢܘܼܢܵܟ݂ܝ (nunāḵ) | ܢܘܼܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nunāwḵon) | ||
| emphatic | ܢܘܼܢܵܐ (nunā) | 3rd person | ܢܘܼܢܹܗ (nunēh) | ܢܘܼܢܘܿܗ̇ (nunoh) | ܢܘܼܢܗܘܿܢ (nunhon) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܢܘܼܢܝܼ̈ (nunī) | ܢܘܼܢܲܢ̈ (nunan) | ||
| construct | ܢܘܼܢܲܝ̈ (nunay) | 2nd person | ܢܘܼܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (nunuḵ) | ܢܘܼܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (nunāḵ) | ܢܘܼܢܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nunāwḵon) | ||
| emphatic | ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (nunē) | 3rd person | ܢܘܼܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (nunuh) | ܢܘܼܢ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (nunoh) | ܢܘܼܢܗ̈ܘܿܢ (nunhon) | ||
Proper noun
ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ • (Nune) m
- (astrology, astronomy, in the plural) Pisces (constellation and zodiac sign)
See also
| Zodiac signs in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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| ܐܸܡܪܵܐ (imrā) ♈︎ | ܬܵܘܪܵܐ (tāwrā) ♉︎ | ܬܐܘܿܡܹ̈ܐ (tʾomē) ♊︎ | ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ (sarṭānā) ♋︎ | ||||||||
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| ܐܲܪܝܵܐ (aryā) ♌︎ | ܒܬܘܼܠܬܵܐ (btultā) ♍︎ | ܡܲܬܩܵܠܵܐ (matqālā) ♎︎ | ܥܵܩܸܪܒ݂ܵܐ (ʿāqirḇā) ♏︎ | ||||||||
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| ܩܸܫܬܵܐ (qištā) ♐︎ | ܓܲܕܝܵܐ (gadyā) ♑︎ | ܕܵܘܠܵܐ (dāwlā) ♒︎ | ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (nunē) ♓︎ | ||||||||
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- נונא
Etymology
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ܢܘܢ̈ܐ
To Leonid Kogan, due to the unstableness of fish terms in Semitic and rareness of isoglosses between Akkadian and Syriac, the possibility of a borrowing of this from Akkadian 𒄩 (nūnum) is appealing. The same sign as for the Akkadian word is also used with similar sound values in fish names in Sumerian. See also Hebrew נוּן (nūn) and Phoenician 𐤍𐤅𐤍 (nwn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nunɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
- IPA(key): [nune(ʔ)] (plural)
Noun
ܢܘܢܐ • (nūnā) m (plural ܢܘܢܐ)
- fish
Inflection
inflection of ܢܘܢܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܢܘܢ | ܢܘܢܝܢ |
| construct | ܢܘܢ | ܢܘܢܝ |
| emphatic | ܢܘܢܐ | ܢܘܢܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܢܘܢܝ | ܢܘܢܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܢܘܢܟ | ܢܘܢܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܢܘܢܟܝ | ܢܘܢܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܢܘܢܗ | ܢܘܢܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܢܘܢܗ | ܢܘܢܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܢܘܢܢ | ܢܘܢܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܢܘܢܟܘܢ | ܢܘܢܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܢܘܢܟܝܢ | ܢܘܢܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܢܘܢܗܘܢ | ܢܘܢܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܢܘܢܗܝܢ | ܢܘܢܝܗܝܢ |
Derived terms
- ܢܘܢܘܣܐ
Descendants
- Arabic: نُون (nūn)
Proper noun
ܢܘܢܐ • (nūnē) m
- (astrology, astronomy, in the plural) Pisces (constellation and zodiac sign)
References
- “nwn”, 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 200a
- Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 274
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 333a
- 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 900b
- H5125 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible