ܪܥܝܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܪ-ܥ-ܐ (IPA: /r-ʕ-ʔ/) related to thinking.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [rɛʕjɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA: [rɛʕjɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܥܝܢܐ m (emphatic plural ܪܥܝܢܐ)

1. mind, conscience, intellect
2. mindset, mentality, doctrine
3. thinking, thought, idea, conception
4. conduct
5. feeling, opinion, will
6. choice, vote, deliberation
7. sentence, maxim
8. sense, meaning

Inflection

    declension of ܪܥܝܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܪܥܝܢ	ܪܥܝܢܝܢ
construct	ܪܥܝܢ	ܪܥܝܢܝ
emphatic	ܪܥܝܢܐ	ܪܥܝܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܪܥܝܢܝ	ܪܥܝܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܪܥܝܢܟ	ܪܥܝܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܪܥܝܢܟܝ	ܪܥܝܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܪܥܝܢܗ	ܪܥܝܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܪܥܝܢܗ	ܪܥܝܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܪܥܝܢܢ	ܪܥܝܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܪܥܝܢܟܘܢ	ܪܥܝܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܪܥܝܢܟܝܢ	ܪܥܝܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܪܥܝܢܗܘܢ	ܪܥܝܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܪܥܝܢܗܝܢ	ܪܥܝܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• "r(yn" in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
• Louis Costaz, Syriac-English Dictionary, 1963, p. 350a
• Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902, p. 546a
• Michael Sokoloff, A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, 2009, p. 1480b