ܝܘܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic, from Proto-Semitic *šawmān-. Doublet of ܝܲܘܢܵܢ (yawnān) and ܝܘܿܢܵܐ (yōnā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [jawnaː]
Noun
ܝܵܘܢܵܐ • (yāwnā) m (plural ܝܵܘ̈ܢܹܐ (yāwnē), feminine ܝܵܘܸܢܬ݂ܵܐ (yāwinṯā))
- dove (bird)
Derived terms
- ܥܲܩܠܵܐ ܕܝܵܘܢܵܐ (ˁaqlā dyāwnā)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew יוֹנָה (yōnā́).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jawnɑ/ (singular)
- IPA(key): /jawne/ (plural)
Noun
ܝܘܢܐ • (yawnā) c (plural ܝܘܢܐ (yawnē))
- dove (bird)
Proper noun
ܝܘܢܐ • (transliteration needed)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܝܘܢ | 1st person | ܝܘܢܝ | ܝܘܢܢ | |||
| construct | ܝܘܢ | 2nd person | ܝܘܢܟ | ܝܘܢܟܝ | ܝܘܢܟܘܢ | ܝܘܢܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܝܘܢܐ | 3rd person | ܝܘܢܗ | ܝܘܢܗ | ܝܘܢܗܘܢ | ܝܘܢܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܝܘܢܝܢ | 1st person | ܝܘܢܝ | ܝܘܢܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܝܘܢܝ | 2nd person | ܝܘܢܝܟ | ܝܘܢܝܟܝ | ܝܘܢܝܟܘܢ | ܝܘܢܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܝܘܢܐ | 3rd person | ܝܘܢܘܗܝ | ܝܘܢܝܗ | ܝܘܢܝܗܘܢ | ܝܘܢܝܗܝܢ | ||
Descendants
- → Malayalam: യോനാ (yōnā)
References
- “ywn”, 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 139b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 190a
- 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, →ISBN, page 569a