ܪܛܢܐ

ܪܛܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܪ-ܛ-ܢ‎ (r-ṭ-n), related to murmuring; compare Arabic رَطَانَة‎ (raṭāna), رِطَانَة‎ (riṭāna), Hebrew רֶטֶן‎ (réṭen).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛtˤ.nɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈrɪtˤ.nɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛtˤ.no]

Noun

ܪܛܢܐ • (reṭnā) m (plural ܪܛܢܐ (reṭnē))

1. murmur, mutter, mumble, grumble
   • Peshitta, Exodus 16:7:

     ‏ܘܒܨܦܪܐ ܬܚܙܘܢ ܫܘܒܚܗ ܕܡܪܝܐ. ܡܛܠ ܕܐܫܬܡܥ ܪܛܢܟܘܢ ܩܕܡ ܡܪܝܐ‎

     wa-ḇə-ṣap̄rā ṯeḥzon šūḇḥeh ḏə-Māryā; meṭṭōl də-ʾeštəmaʿ reṭnəḵōn qəḏām Māryā

     And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD

2. (Zoroastrianism) Magian incantation
3. scruple

Inflection

    inflection of ܪܛܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܪܛܢ‎	ܪܛܢܝܢ‎
construct	ܪܛܢ‎	ܪܛܢܝ‎
emphatic	ܪܛܢܐ	ܪܛܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܪܛܢܝ‎	ܪܛܢܝ‎
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܪܛܢܟ‎	ܪܛܢܝܟ‎
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܪܛܢܟܝ‎	ܪܛܢܝܟܝ‎
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܪܛܢܗ‎	ܪܛܢܘܗܝ‎
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܪܛܢܗ‎	ܪܛܢܝܗ‎
1st c. pl. (our)	ܪܛܢܢ‎	ܪܛܢܝܢ‎
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܪܛܢܟܘܢ‎	ܪܛܢܝܟܘܢ‎
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܪܛܢܟܝܢ‎	ܪܛܢܝܟܝܢ‎
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܪܛܢܗܘܢ‎	ܪܛܢܝܗܘܢ‎
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܪܛܢܗܝܢ‎	ܪܛܢܝܗܝܢ‎

References

• “rṭn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-05-14
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 344b
• Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 318b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 539a
• 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 1460a