ܝܘܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Inherited from Aramaic, from Proto-Semitic *šawmān-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [jawnaː]

Noun

ܝܵܘܢܵܐ • (yāwnā) m (plural ܝܵܘ̈ܢܹܐ (yāwnē), feminine ܝܵܘܸܢܬ݂ܵܐ (yāwinṯā))

1. dove (bird)

Derived terms

• ܥܲܩܠܵܐ ܕܝܵܘܢܵܐ (ˁaqlā dyāwnā)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יוֹנָה (yōnā́).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jawnɑ/ (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): /jawne/ (in the plural)

Noun

ܝܘܢܐ • (yawnā) c (plural ܝܘܢܐ (yawnē))

1. dove (bird)

Proper noun

ܝܘܢܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. Jonah

Inflection

Inflection of ܝܘܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܝܘܢ		1st person	ܝܘܢܝ		ܝܘܢܢ
	construct	ܝܘܢ		2nd person	ܝܘܢܟ	ܝܘܢܟܝ	ܝܘܢܟܘܢ	ܝܘܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܝܘܢܐ		3rd person	ܝܘܢܗ	ܝܘܢܗ	ܝܘܢܗܘܢ	ܝܘܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܝܘܢܝܢ		1st person	ܝܘܢܝ		ܝܘܢܝܢ
	construct	ܝܘܢܝ		2nd person	ܝܘܢܝܟ	ܝܘܢܝܟܝ	ܝܘܢܝܟܘܢ	ܝܘܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܝܘܢܐ		3rd person	ܝܘܢܘܗܝ	ܝܘܢܝܗ	ܝܘܢܝܗܘܢ	ܝܘܢܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Malayalam: യോനാ (yōnā)

References

• “ywn”, 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 139b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 190a
• 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 569a