ܢܢܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒌑𒀭𒈾𒉌𒄷 (/⁠ananīḫu⁠/), Old Armenian անանուխ (ananux), Arabic نَعْنَع (naʕnaʕ), نَعْنَاع (naʕnāʕ), and Hebrew נַעְנַע (naʿnaʿ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɑnʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nɑnʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܢܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܢܥܐ)

  1. (botany) mint

Inflection

Synonyms

References

  • nnˁ”, 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, p. 205b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 341a
  • 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. 923a
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