ܢܘܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic נוּנָא (nūnā, “fish”), also in Mandaic ࡍࡅࡍࡀ (nunā, "fish") from or a borrowing akin to Akkadian 𒄩 (nūnum); compare also Hebrew נוּן (nun) and Phoenician 𐤍𐤅𐤍 (nwn) Doublet of ܢܘܼܢ (nūn).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [nuːnɑː]
Noun
ܢܘܼܢܵܐ • (nūnā) m (plural ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (nūnē), feminine ܢܘܼܢܬܵܐ (nuntā))
- (countable) fish (a typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܢܘܼܢ (nūn) | 1st person | ܢܘܼܢܝܼ (nūnī) | ܢܘܼܢܲܢ (nūnan) | |||
| construct | ܢܘܼܢ (nūn) | 2nd person | ܢܘܼܢܘܼܟ݂ (nūnōḵ) | ܢܘܼܢܵܟ݂ܝ (nūnāḵ) | ܢܘܼܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nūnawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܢܘܼܢܵܐ (nūnā) | 3rd person | ܢܘܼܢܹܗ (nūnēh) | ܢܘܼܢܵܗ̇ (nūnāh) | ܢܘܼܢܗܘܿܢ (nunhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܢܘܼܢܝܼ̈ܢ (nūnīn) | 1st person | ܢܘܼܢܝܼ̈ (nūnī) | ܢܘܼܢܲܢ̈ (nūnan) | |||
| construct | ܢܘܼܢܲܝ̈ (nūnay) | 2nd person | ܢܘܼܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (nūnōḵ) | ܢܘܼܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (nūnāḵ) | ܢܘܼܢܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nūnawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (nūnē) | 3rd person | ܢܘܼܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (nūnūh) | ܢܘܼܢܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (nūnōh) | ܢܘܼܢܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (nūnayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܢܘܼܢ ܟܲܠܒܵܐ (nūn kalbā, “tadpole”)
- ܢܘܼܢ ܣܲܝܦܵܐ (nūn saypā, “swordfish”)
- ܢܘܼܢܵܐ ܪܲܒܵܐ (nūnā rabbā, literally “big fish”)
- ܥܹܝܢ ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (ˁēn nūnē, “Ein Nune”)
- ܫܵܠܹܐ ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (šālē nūnē, “kingfisher”)
Proper noun
ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ • (nūnē) m pl
Coordinate terms
| Zodiac signs in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܡܲܠܘܵܫܹ̈ܐ (malwāšē) (layout · text) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ܐܸܡܪܵܐ (imrā) |
ܬܲܘܪܵܐ (tawrā) |
ܬܐܵܡܹ̈ܐ (tˀāmē) |
ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ (sarṭānā) | ||||||||
ܐܲܪܝܵܐ (aryā) |
ܒܬ݂ܘܼܠܬܵܐ (bṯultā) |
ܡܲܣܵܐ̈ܬ݂ܵܐ (massāṯā) |
ܥܵܩܸܪܒ݂ܵܐ (ˁāqirḇā) | ||||||||
ܩܲܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qaššāṯā) |
ܓܲܕ݂ܝܵܐ (gaḏyā) |
ܕܲܘܠܵܐ (dawlā) |
ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (nūnē) | ||||||||
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
Etymology
To Leonid Kogan, due to the unstableness of fish terms in Semitic and rareness of isoglosses between Akkadian and Syriac, the possibility of a borrowing of this from Akkadian 𒄩 (nūnum) is appealing. The same sign as for the Akkadian word is also used with similar sound values in fish names in Sumerian. See also Hebrew נוּן (nūn) and Phoenician 𐤍𐤅𐤍 (nwn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nunɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [nune] (plural)
Noun
ܢܘܢܐ • (nūnā) m (plural ܢܘܢܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܢܘܢ | 1st person | ܢܘܢܝ | ܢܘܢܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܘܢ | 2nd person | ܢܘܢܟ | ܢܘܢܟܝ | ܢܘܢܟܘܢ | ܢܘܢܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܘܢܐ | 3rd person | ܢܘܢܗ | ܢܘܢܗ | ܢܘܢܗܘܢ | ܢܘܢܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܢܘܢܝܢ | 1st person | ܢܘܢܝ | ܢܘܢܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܘܢܝ | 2nd person | ܢܘܢܝܟ | ܢܘܢܝܟܝ | ܢܘܢܝܟܘܢ | ܢܘܢܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܘܢܐ | 3rd person | ܢܘܢܘܗܝ | ܢܘܢܝܗ | ܢܘܢܝܗܘܢ | ܢܘܢܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
- ܢܘܢܘܣܐ
Descendants
- Arabic: نُون (nūn)
Proper noun
ܢܘܢܐ • (nūnē) m
References
- “nwn”, 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 200a
- Kogan, Leonid (2015), Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 274
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 333a
- 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 900b
- H5125 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible