ܬܢܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܬ-ܢ-ܢ (t-n-n) related to smoking, from Proto-Semitic *ʿṯn. Compare Arabic عَثَن (ʕaṯan) and Hebrew עָשָׁן (ʿāšān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɛnnɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tɛnnɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܢܢܐ • (tennānā) m (plural ܬܢܢܐ)

1. smoke, steam
2. fume, reek
3. stone used for polishing glass

Inflection

    inflection of ܬܢܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܬܢܢ	ܬܢܢܝܢ
construct	ܬܢܢ	ܬܢܢܝ
emphatic	ܬܢܢܐ	ܬܢܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܬܢܢܝ	ܬܢܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܬܢܢܟ	ܬܢܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܬܢܢܟܝ	ܬܢܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܬܢܢܗ	ܬܢܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܬܢܢܗ	ܬܢܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܬܢܢܢ	ܬܢܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܬܢܢܟܘܢ	ܬܢܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܬܢܢܟܝܢ	ܬܢܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܬܢܢܗܘܢ	ܬܢܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܬܢܢܗܝܢ	ܬܢܢܝܗܝܢ

See also

• ܚܒܘܪܐ

References

• “tnn”, 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. 394a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 617a
• 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. 1656b