ܐܬܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔatān-. Compare Akkadian 𒊩𒀲 (atānu /⁠eme₃⁠/), Arabic أَتَان (ʔatān), Hebrew אָתוֹן (ʾāṯôn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ʔăˈθɑ.nɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔaˈθɑ.nɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔɑˈθo.no]

Noun

ܐܬܢܐ • (ʾăṯānā) f (plural ܐܬܢܐ (ʾăṯānē), singular masculine counterpart ܚܡܪܐ (ḥəmārā))

1. donkey, she-ass, jenny
   • Peshitta, John 12:15:

     ܠܐ ܬܕܚܠܝܢ ܒܪܬ ܨܗܝܘܢ. ܗܐ ܡܠܟܟܝ ܐܬܐ ܠܟܝ. ܘܪܟܝܒ ܥܠ ܥܝܠܐ ܒܪ ܐܬܢܐ.

     lā ṯeḏḥəlīn, ba[r]ṯ ṣehyōn: hā malkēḵ[y] ʾāṯē lēḵ[y], wa-rəḵīḇ ʿal ʿīlā bar ʾăṯānā.

     Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

Usage notes

While the word is normally considered feminine, it may occasionally be masculine when specifically referring to a male.

Inflection

    inflection of ܐܬܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܬܢ	ܐܬܢܝܢ
construct	ܐܬܢ	ܐܬܢܝ
emphatic	ܐܬܢܐ	ܐܬܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܐܬܢܝ	ܐܬܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܐܬܢܟ	ܐܬܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܐܬܢܟܝ	ܐܬܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܐܬܢܗ	ܐܬܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܐܬܢܗ	ܐܬܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܐܬܢܢ	ܐܬܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܐܬܢܟܘܢ	ܐܬܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܐܬܢܟܝܢ	ܐܬܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܐܬܢܗܘܢ	ܐܬܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܐܬܢܗܝܢ	ܐܬܢܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• ܚܡܪܬܐ (ḥəmārtā)

References

• “ˀtn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-25
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 22b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 33a
• 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, page 112b