ܣܢܘܢܝܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒋆𒄷 (/⁠sinuntu⁠/), Arabic سُنُونُو (sunūnū), and Hebrew סְנוּנִית (sənûnîṯ). The dialectal pronunciation /sˤloːni/ is derived from the absolute form of this word.

Pronunciation

(Standard) IPA^(key): [snoːniːθaː]
(Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [sˤloːniːθa], [sˤloːni]

Preposition

ܣܢܘܿܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (snōnīṯā) f (plural ܣ̈ܢܘܿܢܝܼܵܬ݂ܵܐ (snōnīyāṯā))

swallow (bird)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒋆𒄷 (/⁠sinuntu⁠/), Arabic سُنُونُو (sunūnū), and Hebrew סְנוּנִית (sənûnîṯ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [s(ə)noniθɑ] (singular)
IPA^(key): [s(ə)nonjɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܣܢܘܢܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܣܢܘܢܝܬܐ)

Inflection

Inflection of **ܣܢܘܢܝܬܐ**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
	state	form	person	m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܣܢܘܢܝ	1^st person	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܝ		ܣܢܘܢܝܬܢ
	construct	ܣܢܘܢܝܬ	2^nd person	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܟ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܟܝ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܟܘܢ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܐ	3^rd person	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܗ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܗ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܗܘܢ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܣܢܘܢܝܢ	1^st person	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܝ		ܣܢܘܢܝܬܢ
	construct	ܣܢܘܢܝܬ	2^nd person	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܟ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܟܝ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܟܘܢ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܐ	3^rd person	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܗ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܗ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܗܘܢ	ܣܢܘܢܝܬܗܝܢ

References

“snwny”, 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 231b
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 382b
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 1023a