ܢܢܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒌑𒀭𒈾𒉌𒄷 (/⁠ananīḫu⁠/), Old Armenian անանուխ (ananux), Arabic نَعْنَع (naʕnaʕ), نَعْنَاع (naʕnāʕ), and Hebrew נַעְנַע (naʿnaʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɑnʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nɑnʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܢܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܢܥܐ)

1. (botany) mint

Inflection

    inflection of ܢܢܥܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܢܢܥ	ܢܢܥܝܢ
construct	ܢܢܥ	ܢܢܥܝ
emphatic	ܢܢܥܐ	ܢܢܥܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܢܢܥܝ	ܢܢܥܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܢܢܥܟ	ܢܢܥܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܢܢܥܟܝ	ܢܢܥܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܢܢܥܗ	ܢܢܥܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܢܢܥܗ	ܢܢܥܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܢܢܥܢ	ܢܢܥܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܢܢܥܟܘܢ	ܢܢܥܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܢܢܥܟܝܢ	ܢܢܥܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܢܢܥܗܘܢ	ܢܢܥܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܢܢܥܗܝܢ	ܢܢܥܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• ܢܢܚܐ
• ܢܥܢܥ

References

• “nnˁ”, 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, p. 205b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 341a
• 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. 923a