ܕܩܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic דִּקְנָא (diqnā), from Proto-Semitic *ḏaḳan- (“beard”); compare Classical Syriac ܕܩܢܐ (daqnā), Arabic ذَقَن (ḏaqan) and Hebrew זָקָן (zakán) and Akkadian 𒅾 (ziqnum, “beard”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [dɪqnɑː]
Noun
ܕܸܩܢܵܐ • (diqnā) m (plural ܕܸܩܢܹ̈ܐ (diqnē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܕܩܲܢ (dqan) | 1st person | ܕܸܩܢܝܼ (diqnī) | ܕܸܩܢܲܢ (diqnan) | |||
| construct | ܕܩܲܢ (dqan) | 2nd person | ܕܸܩܢܘܼܟ݂ (diqnōḵ) | ܕܸܩܢܵܟ݂ܝ (diqnāḵ) | ܕܸܩܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (diqnawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܕܸܩܢܵܐ (diqnā) | 3rd person | ܕܸܩܢܹܗ (diqnēh) | ܕܸܩܢܵܗ̇ (diqnāh) | ܕܸܩܢܗܘܿܢ (diqnhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܕܸܩܢܝܼ̈ܢ (diqnīn) | 1st person | ܕܸܩܢܝܼ̈ (diqnī) | ܕܸܩܢܲܢ̈ (diqnan) | |||
| construct | ܕܸܩܢܲܝ̈ (diqnay) | 2nd person | ܕܸܩܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (diqnōḵ) | ܕܸܩܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (diqnāḵ) | ܕܸܩܢܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (diqnawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܕܸܩܢܹ̈ܐ (diqnē) | 3rd person | ܕܸܩܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (diqnūh) | ܕܸܩܢܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (diqnōh) | ܕܸܩܢܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (diqnayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܕܩܸܢܬ݂ܵܐ (dqinṯā)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ḏaḳan- (“beard”). Compare Arabic ذَقَن (ḏaqan) and Hebrew זָקָן (zāqān).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [daqnɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [daqne] (plural)
Noun
ܕܩܢܐ • (daqnā) m (plural ܕܩܢܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܕܩܢ | 1st person | ܕܩܢܝ | ܕܩܢܢ | |||
| construct | ܕܩܢ | 2nd person | ܕܩܢܟ | ܕܩܢܟܝ | ܕܩܢܟܘܢ | ܕܩܢܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܕܩܢܐ | 3rd person | ܕܩܢܗ | ܕܩܢܗ | ܕܩܢܗܘܢ | ܕܩܢܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܕܩܢܝܢ | 1st person | ܕܩܢܝ | ܕܩܢܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܕܩܢܝ | 2nd person | ܕܩܢܝܟ | ܕܩܢܝܟܝ | ܕܩܢܝܟܘܢ | ܕܩܢܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܕܩܢܐ | 3rd person | ܕܩܢܘܗܝ | ܕܩܢܝܗ | ܕܩܢܝܗܘܢ | ܕܩܢܝܗܝܢ | ||
See also
References
- “dqn”, 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 69b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 96b
- 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 318a