Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɛɣjɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [hɛɣjɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܗܓܝܢܐ • ‎(heḡyānāʾ) m ‎(plural ܗܓܝܢܐ)

1. meditation
2. study, subject
3. reading, interpretation
4. (phonetics) syllable, vowel
5. (grammar) vocalization of a word; method of learning to read through syllables

Inflection

Descendants

• Old Armenian: հեգենայ ‎(hegenay)

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic هَجِين ‎(haǧīn)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [h(ə)ɣinɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [h(ə)ɣine(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܗܓܝܢܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܗܓܝܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܗܓܝܢܬܐ)

1. hybrid, half-breed
2. bastard, low-born

Inflection

References

• “hgyn”, 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, pp. 72b-73a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 99b
• 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, pp. 329b-330a