ܚܬܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Aramaic חַתְנָא (ḥaṯnā); related to Akkadian 𒄩𒋫𒉡 (/ḫatānu/), Arabic خَتَن (ḵatan), and Hebrew חָתָן (khatán).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [xit.nɑː]
Noun
ܚܸܬܢܵܐ • (ḥitnā) m (plural ܚܸܬܢܹ̈ܐ (ḥitnē) or ܚܸ̈ܬ݂ܢܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥiṯnawwāṯā), feminine ܟܲܠܬܵܐ (kaltā))
- groom, bridegroom (man in the context of his own wedding)
- son-in-law (husband of one's child)
- sister’s husband
- baptismal candidate
- (dialectal) father-in-law
- Synonym: ܚܸܡܝܵܢܵܐ (ḥimyānā)
Inflection
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܚܸܬܢܝܼ (ḥitnī) |
ܚܸܬܢܲܢ (ḥitnan) | ||
| construct | ܚܸܬܢ (ḥitn) |
2nd person | ܚܸܬܢܘܼܟ݂ (ḥitnūḵ) |
ܚܸܬܢܵܟ݂ܝ (ḥitnāḵ) |
ܚܸܬܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥitnāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܚܸܬܢܵܐ (ḥitnā) |
3rd person | ܚܸܬܢܹܗ (ḥitnēh) |
ܚܸܬܢܵܗ̇ (ḥitnāh) |
ܚܸܬܢܗܘܿܢ (ḥitnhōn) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܚܸܬܢܝܼ̈ (ḥitnī) |
ܚܸܬܢܲܢ̈ (ḥitnan) | ||
| construct | ܚܸܬܢܲܝ̈ (ḥitnay) |
2nd person | ܚܸܬܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ḥitnūḵ) |
ܚܸܬܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ḥitnāḵ) |
ܚܸܬܢܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥitnāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܚܸܬܢܹ̈ܐ (ḥitnē) |
3rd person | ܚܸܬܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ḥitnūh) |
ܚܸܬܢ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (ḥitnōh) |
ܚܸܬܢܗ̈ܘܿܢ (ḥitnhōn) | ||
Classical Syriac
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ħaθnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ħaθne(ʔ)] (plural)
Noun
ܚܬܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܬܢܐ)
- groom, bridegroom
- any male affine: son-in-law, brother-in-law (specifically sister's husband), father-in-law
- baptismal candidate
Inflection
inflection of ܚܬܢܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܚܬܢ | ܚܬܢܝܢ |
| construct | ܚܬܢ | ܚܬܢܝ |
| emphatic | ܚܬܢܐ | ܚܬܢܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܚܬܢܝ | ܚܬܢܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܚܬܢܟ | ܚܬܢܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܚܬܢܟܝ | ܚܬܢܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܚܬܢܗ | ܚܬܢܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܚܬܢܗ | ܚܬܢܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܚܬܢܢ | ܚܬܢܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܚܬܢܟܘܢ | ܚܬܢܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܚܬܢܟܝܢ | ܚܬܢܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܚܬܢܗܘܢ | ܚܬܢܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܚܬܢܗܝܢ | ܚܬܢܝܗܝܢ |
References
- “ḥtn”, 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. 120b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 164b
- 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. 505b
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