ܢܘܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒄩 (nūnu [KU₆]), Arabic نُون (nūn), and Phoenician 𐤍‎𐤅‎𐤍‎ (nwn).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [nunɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA: [nune(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܘܢܐ m (emphatic plural ܢܘܢܐ)

1. fish

Inflection

    declension of ܢܘܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܢܘܢ	ܢܘܢܝܢ
construct	ܢܘܢ	ܢܘܢܝ
emphatic	ܢܘܢܐ	ܢܘܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܢܘܢܝ	ܢܘܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܢܘܢܟ	ܢܘܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܢܘܢܟܝ	ܢܘܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܢܘܢܗ	ܢܘܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܢܘܢܗ	ܢܘܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܢܘܢܢ	ܢܘܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܢܘܢܟܘܢ	ܢܘܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܢܘܢܟܝܢ	ܢܘܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܢܘܢܗܘܢ	ܢܘܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܢܘܢܗܝܢ	ܢܘܢܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܢܘܢܘܣܐ

Proper noun

ܢܘܢܐ m

1. (astrology, astronomy, in the plural) Pisces (constellation and zodiac sign)

References

• "nwn" in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
• Louis Costaz, Syriac-English Dictionary, 1963, p. 200a
• Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902, p. 333a
• Michael Sokoloff, A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, 2009, p. 900b