ܬܢܝܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒆗𒉌𒈾 (danninu, netherworld; source of earthquakes; the inaccessible land where the dead remain), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *dnn/*tnn (to be mighty, to be strong; to be fortified, to be long lasting, to stay at a place; to rumble, to earthquake, to shake with a booming noise). Also found as Jewish Aramaic תַּנִּינָא (tannīnā), Arabic تِنِّين (tinnīn), Hebrew תַּנִּין (tannīn), Ugaritic 𐎚𐎐𐎐 (tnn), Ge'ez ተመን (tämän), Tigrinya ተመን (tämän), Amharic ተመን (tämän).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tanninɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tannine] (plural)

Noun

ܬܢܝܢܐ (tannīnā) m (plural ܬܢܝܢܐ (tannīnē))

  1. dragon, sea serpent, monster
  2. snake, serpent, adder
  3. (alchemy) spice-box, slender perforated bronze vessel used to hold dry herbs
Inflection

Proper noun

ܬܢܝܢܐ (tannīnā) m

  1. (religion, figuratively) Satan, the Devil
  2. (astronomy) Draco

Etymology 2

From the root ܬ-ܢ-ܐ (t-n-ʾ) related to recounting.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɛnjɑnɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tɛnjɑne] (plural)

Adjective

ܬܢܝܢܐ (tenyānā) m (plural ܬܢܝܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܬܢܝܢܬܐ)

  1. second, double
  2. two-years old
Inflection

Noun

ܬܢܝܢܐ (tenyānā) m (plural ܬܢܝܢܐ (tenyānē))

  1. iteration, repetition, recitation
  2. citing, recounting
  3. tale, story
  4. commemoration
  5. grandson
  6. two-year old
  7. young, offspring
  8. mate, cellmate
  9. representative, subprior, second-in-command
Inflection

References

  • tnyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • tnyn”, 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 394a-b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 616b-617a
  • 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 1655b
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