ܚܢܢ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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From the older form ܐܢܚܢܢ ([ʾə]naḥnan); archaic in Classical Syriac and only used in literary or formal contexts. Compare Arabic نَحْنُ (naḥnu) and Hebrew אֲנַחְנוּ (ʾănaḥnû).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ܚܢܢ (ḥənanc (singular ܐܢܐ)

  1. (personal) we
  2. (intensive) we ourselves
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Etymology 2

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Modified from above, with the initial consonant (and vowel) quiescing.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ܚܢܢ ([ḥə]nan, -nanc (singular ܐܢܐ)

  1. an enclitic used as a copula for a first-person plural subject; we are
Usage notes
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Usually, the form ܚܢܢ ([ḥə]nan) is written separately from the word it follows while the alternative form -ܢܢ (-nan) is written together with the word it follows.

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Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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ܚܢܢ (transliteration neededm

  1. Annas (Biblical figure)
  2. a male given name

Etymology 4

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ܚܢܢ (transliteration needed)

  1. absolute singular of ܚܢܢܐ
  2. construct state singular of ܚܢܢܐ

References

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  • ḥnn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-27
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 110b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 149a
  • 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. 472b