ܢܘܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• נונא

Etymology

To Leonid Kogan, due to the unstableness of fish terms in Semitic and rareness of isoglosses between Akkadian and Syriac, the possibility of a borrowing of this from Akkadian 𒄩 (KU₆ /⁠nūnu⁠/) is appealing. The same sign as for the Akkadian word is also used with similar sound values in fish names in Sumerian. See also Hebrew נוּן (nūn) and Phoenician 𐤍𐤅𐤍 (nwn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nunɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nune(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܘܢܐ • (nūnā) m (plural ܢܘܢܐ)

1. fish

Inflection

    inflection of ܢܘܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܢܘܢ	ܢܘܢܝܢ
construct	ܢܘܢ	ܢܘܢܝ
emphatic	ܢܘܢܐ	ܢܘܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܢܘܢܝ	ܢܘܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܢܘܢܟ	ܢܘܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܢܘܢܟܝ	ܢܘܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܢܘܢܗ	ܢܘܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܢܘܢܗ	ܢܘܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܢܘܢܢ	ܢܘܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܢܘܢܟܘܢ	ܢܘܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܢܘܢܟܝܢ	ܢܘܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܢܘܢܗܘܢ	ܢܘܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܢܘܢܗܝܢ	ܢܘܢܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܢܘܢܘܣܐ

Descendants

• Arabic: نُون (nūn)

Proper noun

ܢܘܢܐ • (nūne) m

1. (astrology, astronomy, in the plural) Pisces (constellation and zodiac sign)

References

• “nwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 200a
• Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 274
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 333a
• 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 900b
• H5125 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible