ܢܘܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
ܢܘܢܐ

Etymology

Inherited from Common Aramaic נוּנָא (nūnā, “fish”), from or a borrowing akin to Akkadian 𒄩 (nūnum).

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [nʊːnɑː]

Noun

ܢܘܼܢܵܐ • (nūnā) ? (plural ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (nūnē), feminine ܢܘܼܢܬܵܐ (nuntā))

  1. fish

Declension
Inflection of ܢܘܼܢܵܐ (nūnā)
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute – 1st person ܢܘܼܢܝܼ
(nūnī)		 ܢܘܼܢܲܢ
(nūnan)
construct ܢܘܼܢ
(nūn)		 2nd person ܢܘܼܢܘܼܟ݂
(nūnūḵ)		 ܢܘܼܢܵܟ݂ܝ
(nūnāḵ)		 ܢܘܼܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(nūnāwḵōn)
emphatic ܢܘܼܢܵܐ
(nūnā)		 3rd person ܢܘܼܢܹܗ
(nūnēh)		 ܢܘܼܢܵܗ̇
(nūnāh)		 ܢܘܼܢܗܘܿܢ
(nunhōn)
plural absolute – 1st person ܢܘܼܢܝܼ̈
(nūnī)		 ܢܘܼܢܲܢ̈
(nūnan)
construct ܢܘܼܢܲܝ̈
(nūnay)		 2nd person ܢܘܼܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂
(nūnūḵ)		 ܢܘܼܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈
(nūnāḵ)		 ܢܘܼܢܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(nūnāwḵōn)
emphatic ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ
(nūnē)		 3rd person ܢܘܼܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ
(nūnūh)		 ܢܘܼܢ̈ܘܿܗ̇
(nūnōh)		 ܢܘܼܢܗ̈ܘܿܢ
(nunhōn)

Derived terms
  • ܢܘܼܢܵܐ ܕܟܲܠܒܵܐ (nūnā dkalbā, “tadpole”)

Proper noun

ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ • (nūnē) ?

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

See also
Zodiac signs in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܡܲܠܘܵܫܹ̈ܐ (malwāšē) (layout · text)
ܐܸܡܪܵܐ (imrā) ܬܵܘܪܵܐ (tāwrā) ܬܐܘܿܡܹ̈ܐ (tˀōmē) ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ (sarṭānā)
ܐܲܪܝܵܐ (aryā) ܒܬ݂ܘܼܠܬܵܐ (bṯultā) ܡܲܣܵܐ̈ܬ݂ܵܐ (massāṯā) ܥܲܩܪܒ݂ܵܐ (ˁaqrḇā)
ܩܲܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qaššāṯā) ܓܲܕ݂ܝܵܐ (gaḏyā) ܕܵܘܠܵܐ (dāwlā) ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (nūnē)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology
ܢܘܢ̈ܐ

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 (nūnum) 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 • (nūnē) 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
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