ܣܘܢܩܢܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root ܣ-ܢ-ܩ (s-n-q) related to needing or lacking.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [sunqɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sunqɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun[edit]

ܣܘܢܩܢܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܣܘܢܩܢܐ)

  1. need, necessity
  2. frivolous conversation, small talk

Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  • swnqn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1895) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), Berlin, Edinburgh: Reuther & Reichard, T. & T. Clark, page 232a
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 232a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 368a-b