ܩܝܢܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic قَيْنَة (qayna) and Hebrew קִינָה (qînâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qintɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qinɑθɑ(ʔ)], [qinjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܝܢܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܩܝܢܝܬܐ or ܩܝܢܬܐ)

  1. song, chant, hymn, canticle, elegy
  2. singing, wailing
  3. (music) melody; meter/metre; tone

Inflection

References

  • qynh”, 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. 318b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 504a-b
  • 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. 1364b
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