ܬܪܝܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: ܬܪܹܝܢ (trēn)     Ordinal: ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܐ (trayyānā)     Multiplier: ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܝܵܐ (trayyānāyā)     Fractional: ܦܲܠܓܵܐ (palgā)

Root
ܬ ܢ ܐ (t n ˀ)
10 terms

Alternative forms

• ܬܪܹܝ (trēy), ܬܪܹܝܢ݇ (trēy), ܬܪܹ̈ܝܢ݇ (trēy)

Etymology

From Aramaic תְּרֵין (tərēn), from Proto-Semitic *ṯin-; compare Arabic اِثْنَان (iṯnān) and Hebrew שְׁנַיִם (sh'náyim).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [trenː]

Numeral

ܬܪܹܝܢ • (trēn) m (feminine ܬܲܪܬܹܝܢ (tartēn), construct ܬܪܲܝ (tray))

1. two

   ܬܪܹܝܢ ܟܬܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ ― trēn ktāḇē ― two books

   ܬܲܪܬܹܝܢ ܢܸܫܹ̈ܐ ܘܬܪܹܝܢ ܓܲܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ ― tartēn niššē w-trēn gaḇrē ― two women and two men

   ܥܸܣܪܝܼ ܘܬܪܹܝܢ ܟܬܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ ― ˁisrī w-trēn ktāḇē ― twenty-two books

Classical Syriac

Classical Syriac cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ܬܪܝܢ (trēn)     Ordinal : ܬܪܝܢܐ (trayyānā)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯināni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɛn/

Numeral

ܬܪܝܢ • (trēn) m (feminine ܬܪܬܝܢ (tartēn))

1. two (2)

References

• “tryn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 835
• Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) “ܬܪܝܢ”, in Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 620