ܬܩܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܬ ܩ ܢ (t q n) |
| 5 terms |
Cognate to Arabic تِقْن (tiqn, “nature; improvement, refinement”) and Hebrew תֶּקֶן (téken, “standard”). The sense of “technique” is a phono-semantic matching of Ancient Greek τέχνη (tékhnē).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [tɪq.nɑː]
Noun
ܬܸܩܢܵܐ • (tiqnā) m sg (plural ܬܸܩܢܹ̈ܐ (tiqnē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܬܩܸܢ (tqin) | 1st person | ܬܸܩܢܝܼ (tiqnī) | ܬܸܩܢܲܢ (tiqnan) | |||
| construct | ܬܩܸܢ (tqin) | 2nd person | ܬܸܩܢܘܼܟ݂ (tiqnōḵ) | ܬܸܩܢܵܟ݂ܝ (tiqnāḵ) | ܬܸܩܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tiqnawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܬܸܩܢܵܐ (tiqnā) | 3rd person | ܬܸܩܢܹܗ (tiqnēh) | ܬܸܩܢܵܗ̇ (tiqnāh) | ܬܸܩܢܗܘܿܢ (tiqnhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܬܸܩܢܝܼ̈ܢ (tiqnīn) | 1st person | ܬܸܩܢܝܼ̈ (tiqnī) | ܬܸܩܢܲܢ̈ (tiqnan) | |||
| construct | ܬܸܩܢܲܝ̈ (tiqnay) | 2nd person | ܬܸܩܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (tiqnōḵ) | ܬܸܩܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (tiqnāḵ) | ܬܸܩܢܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tiqnawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܬܸܩܢܹ̈ܐ (tiqnē) | 3rd person | ܬܸܩܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (tiqnūh) | ܬܸܩܢܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (tiqnōh) | ܬܸܩܢܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (tiqnayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܬܸܩܢܵܝܵܐ (tiqnāyā, “technical”)