ܢܘܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒄩 (nūnu [KU6]), Arabic نُون (nūn), and Phoenician 𐤍𐤅𐤍 (nwn).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܢܘܢܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܘܢܐ)

  1. fish

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܢܘܢܘܣܐ

Proper noun

ܢܘܢܐ (transliteration needed) 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, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 200a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 900b
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