ܚܢܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Related to ܚܢܐ (ḥannāʾ, bosom).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħannuθɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħanwɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܚܢܘܬܐ (ḥānnūṯā) f (plural ܚܢܘܬܐ (ḥanwāṯā))

  1. (anatomy) uterus
  2. small sack
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܚ-ܢ-ܐ (ḥ-n-ʾ) related to bending. Compare Jewish Aramaic חָנוּתָא (ḥānūṯā), with descendants.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħɑnuθɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħɑnwɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܚܢܘܬܐ (ḥānūṯā) f (plural ܚܢܘܬܐ (ḥānwāṯā))

  1. arched chamber, cell, stall, booth, enclosure
  2. shop, store
  3. gang, crew
Inflection
Descendants

References

  • ḥnw2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ḥnw”, 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, page 110a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 149a
  • 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 471a
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