Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕ(ə)nɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕ(ə)nɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܢܢܐ • ‎(ʕnānā’) f ‎(plural ܥܢܢܐ)

1. cloud
2. cloudiness
3. (alchemy) quicksilver, mercury

Inflection

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic عِنِّين ‎(ʿinnīn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕannɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕannɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܥܢܢܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܥܢܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܥܢܢܬܐ)

1. sexually impotent

Inflection

References

• “(nn”, 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. 257a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 420b
• 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. 1118a