ܢܚܢܚܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Compare Akkadian 𒈾𒄴𒈾𒄭𒂊𒋼 (/naḫnaḫatu/, “cartilage”) and Arabic نَحْنَحَة (naḥnaḥa).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [nax.nax.tɑː]
Noun
ܢܲܚܢܲܚܬܵܐ • (naḥnaḥtā) f (plural ܢܲܚܢܚܵܬܹ̈ܐ (naḥnḥātē))
- (anatomy, immunology) tonsil, throat gland
Inflection
Inflection of ܢܲܚܢܲܚܬܵܐ (naḥnaḥtā)
number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
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state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
m | f | ||||||
singular | absolute | - (-) | 1st person | ܢܲܚܢܲܚܬܝܼ (naḥnaḥtī) | ܢܲܚܢܲܚܬܲܢ (naḥnaḥtan) | ||
construct | ܢܚܢܚܬ () | 2nd person | ܢܲܚܢܲܚܬܘܼܟ݂ (naḥnaḥtuḵ) | ܢܲܚܢܲܚܬܵܟ݂ܝ (naḥnaḥtāḵ) | ܢܲܚܢܲܚܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (naḥnaḥtāwḵon) | ||
emphatic | ܢܲܚܢܲܚܬܵܐ (naḥnaḥtā) | 3rd person | ܢܲܚܢܲܚܬܹܗ (naḥnaḥtēh) | ܢܲܚܢܲܚܬܘܿܗ̇ (naḥnaḥtoh) | ܢܲܚܢܲܚܬܗܘܿܢ (naḥnaḥthon) | ||
plural | absolute | - (-) | 1st person | ܢܲܚܢܚܵܬܝܼ̈ (naḥnḥātī) | ܢܲܚܢܚܵܬܲܢ̈ (naḥnḥātan) | ||
construct | ܢܚܢܚܬ () | 2nd person | ܢܲܚܢܚܵܬܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (naḥnḥātuḵ) | ܢܲܚܢܚܵܬܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (naḥnḥātāḵ) | ܢܲܚܢܚܵܬܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (naḥnḥātāwḵon) | ||
emphatic | ܢܲܚܢܚܵܬܹ̈ܐ (naḥnḥātē) | 3rd person | ܢܲܚܢܚܵܬܘܼ̈ܗܝ (naḥnḥātuh) | ܢܲܚܢܚܵܬ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (naḥnḥātoh) | ܢܲܚܢܚܵܬܗ̈ܘܿܢ (naḥnḥāthon) | ||
Derived terms
- ܚܵܨܘܿܝܘܼܬ ܢܲܚܢܚܵܬܹ̈ܐ (ḥāṣoyut naḥnḥātē, “tonsillectomy”)
- ܫܘܼܠܗܵܒ݂ ܢܲܚܢܚܵܬܹ̈ܐ (šulhāḇ naḥnḥātē, “tonsillitis”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Compare Akkadian 𒈾𒄴𒈾𒄭𒂊𒋼 (/naḫnaḫatu/, “cartilage”) and Arabic نَحْنَحَة (naḥnaḥa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [naħnaħtɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [naħn(ə)ħɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܢܚܢܚܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܢܚܢܚܬܐ)
- (anatomy, immunology) tonsil, throat gland
Inflection
declension of ܢܚܢܚܬܐ
state | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
absolute | ܢܚܢܚܐ | ܢܚܢܚܢ |
construct | ܢܚܢܚܬ | ܢܚܢܚܬ |
emphatic | ܢܚܢܚܬܐ | ܢܚܢܚܬܐ |
possessive forms | ||
1st c. sg. (my) | ܢܚܢܚܬܝ | ܢܚܢܚܬܝ |
2nd m. sg. (your) | ܢܚܢܚܬܟ | ܢܚܢܚܬܟ |
2nd f. sg. (your) | ܢܚܢܚܬܟܝ | ܢܚܢܚܬܟܝ |
3rd m. sg. (his) | ܢܚܢܚܬܗ | ܢܚܢܚܬܗ |
3rd f. sg. (her) | ܢܚܢܚܬܗ | ܢܚܢܚܬܗ |
1st c. pl. (our) | ܢܚܢܚܬܢ | ܢܚܢܚܬܢ |
2nd m. pl. (your) | ܢܚܢܚܬܟܘܢ | ܢܚܢܚܬܟܘܢ |
2nd f. pl. (your) | ܢܚܢܚܬܟܝܢ | ܢܚܢܚܬܟܝܢ |
3rd m. pl. (their) | ܢܚܢܚܬܗܘܢ | ܢܚܢܚܬܗܘܢ |
3rd f. pl. (their) | ܢܚܢܚܬܗܝܢ | ܢܚܢܚܬܗܝܢ |
References
- “nḥnḥh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 335b
- 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. 908a