ܬܢܢܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܬ-ܢ-ܢ (t-n-n) related to smoking, from Proto-Semitic *ʿṯn. Compare Arabic عَثَن (ʕaṯan) and Hebrew עָשָׁן (ʿāšān).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tɛnnɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tɛnnɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܬܢܢܐ (tennānām (plural ܬܢܢܐ)

  1. smoke, steam
  2. fume, reek
  3. stone used for polishing glass

Inflection

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See also

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References

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  • tnn”, 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, p. 394a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 617a
  • 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, p. 1656b