ܩܢܘܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
| Root |
|---|
| ܩ ܢ ܘ ܢ (q n w n) |
| 3 terms |
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn); compare Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), Hebrew קָנוֹן (qānôn). Doublet of ܟܢܘܼܢܬܵܐ (knuntā, “rule, plumb line”), ܩܲܢܝܵܐ (qanyā, “pen”), and ܩܲܢܝܼܬܵܐ (qanītā, “canal”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [qɑːnoːnɑː]
Noun
ܩܵܢܘܿܢܵܐ • (qānōnā) m sg (plural ܩܵܢܘܿܢܹ̈ܐ (qānōnē))
- (law) law, canon
- (religion) canon, hymn, chant
- penalty, sanction, canonical fine
- statute, precept, ordinance, tax
- (ecclesiastical) clerical order
- (grammar) classification of forms; type of verbal inflections
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܩܵܢܘܿܢ (qānōn) | 1st person | ܩܵܢܘܿܢܝܼ (qānōnī) | ܩܵܢܘܿܢܲܢ (qānōnan) | |||
| construct | ܩܵܢܘܿܢ (qānōn) | 2nd person | ܩܵܢܘܿܢܘܼܟ݂ (qānōnōḵ) | ܩܵܢܘܿܢܵܟ݂ܝ (qānōnāḵ) | ܩܵܢܘܿܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qānōnawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܩܵܢܘܿܢܵܐ (qānōnā) | 3rd person | ܩܵܢܘܿܢܹܗ (qānōnēh) | ܩܵܢܘܿܢܵܗ̇ (qānōnāh) | ܩܵܢܘܿܢܗܘܿܢ (qānōnhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܩܵܢܘܿܢܝܼ̈ܢ (qānōnīn) | 1st person | ܩܵܢܘܿܢܝܼ̈ (qānōnī) | ܩܵܢܘܿܢܲܢ̈ (qānōnan) | |||
| construct | ܩܵܢܘܿܢܲܝ̈ (qānōnay) | 2nd person | ܩܵܢܘܿܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (qānōnōḵ) | ܩܵܢܘܿܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (qānōnāḵ) | ܩܵܢܘܿܢܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qānōnawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܩܵܢܘܿܢܹ̈ܐ (qānōnē) | 3rd person | ܩܵܢܘܿܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (qānōnūh) | ܩܵܢܘܿܢܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (qānōnōh) | ܩܵܢܘܿܢܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (qānōnayhōn) | |||
Synonyms
Derived terms
- ܩܵܢܘܿܢܵܝܵܐ (qānōnāyā)
- ܩܵܢܘܿܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (qānōnāˀīṯ)
- ܩܵܢܘܿܢܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ (qānōnāyūtā)
- ܩܲܢܘܸܢ (qanwin)
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܩܐܢܘܢ (qānōn)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Compare Arabic قَانُون (qānūn) and Hebrew קָנוֹן (qānôn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [qɑnonɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [qɑnone], [qɑnonas] (plural)
Noun
ܩܢܘܢܐ • (qānōnā) m (plural ܩܢܘܢܣ (qānōnas) or ܩܢܘܢܐ (qānōnē))
- canon, rule, type
- penalty, sanction, canonical fine
- tribute
- canon, hymn, chant
- (ecclesiastical) clerical order
- measuring rod
- paragraph, section of scripture
- (grammar) classification of forms; type of verbal inflections
References
- “qnwn”, 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 323a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 510a
- 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 1381b