ܬܘܢܐ
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ܬܵܘܵܢܵܐ • (tāwānā) m (plural ܬܵܘܵܢܹ̈ܐ (tāwānē))
- room (division in a building)
- ܥܝܼܠ ܠܲܢ ܠܓܵܘ ܬܵܘܵܢܵܐ ܪܲܒܵܐ. ― ˁīl lan l-gāw tāwānā rabbā. ― We entered into a big room.
- ܟܹܐ ܥܵܡܪܹܢ ܓܵܘ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ ܒܐܲܪܒܥܵܐ ܬܵܘܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܘܓܲܢܬ݂ܵܐ. ― kē ˁāmrēn gāw baytā b-arbˁā tāwānē w-ganṯā. ― I live in a house with four rooms and a garden.
- bedroom, chamber
- (anatomy) cardiac ventricle
Usage notes
- Some dialects treat this term as grammatically feminine.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܬܵܘܵܢܝܼ (tāwānī) | ܬܵܘܵܢܲܢ (tāwānan) | |||
| construct | ܬܵܘܵܢ (tāwān) | 2nd person | ܬܵܘܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (tāwānūḵ) | ܬܵܘܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (tāwānāḵ) | ܬܵܘܵܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tāwānāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܬܵܘܵܢܵܐ (tāwānā) | 3rd person | ܬܵܘܵܢܹܗ (tāwānēh) | ܬܵܘܵܢܵܗ̇ (tāwānāh) | ܬܵܘܵܢܗܘܿܢ (tāwānhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܬܵܘܵܢܝܼ̈ (tāwānī) | ܬܵܘܵܢܲܢ̈ (tāwānan) | |||
| construct | ܬܵܘܵܢܲܝ̈ (tāwānay) | 2nd person | ܬܵܘܵܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (tāwānūḵ) | ܬܵܘܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (tāwānāḵ) | ܬܵܘܵܢܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tāwānāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܬܵܘܵܢܹ̈ܐ (tāwānē) | 3rd person | ܬܵܘܵܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (tāwānūh) | ܬܵܘܵܢ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (tāwānōh) | ܬܵܘܵܢܗ̈ܘܿܢ (tāwānhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܬܵܘܵܢܵܐ ܕܐܵܪ̈ܚܹܐ (tāwānā d-ārḥē, “guest room, living room”)
- ܬܵܘܵܢܵܐ ܕܐ݇ܟ݂ܵܠܵܐ (tāwānā d-ḵālā, “dining room”)
- ܬܵܘܵܢܵܐ ܕܕܡܵܟ݂ܵܐ (tāwānā d-dmāḵā, “bedroom, chamber”)
Related terms
- ܐܵܘܵܢܵܐ (āwānā)
Etymology 1
From the root ܐ ܘ ܐ related to staying.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
ܬܘܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܘܢܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܬܘܢ | 1st person | ܬܘܢܝ | ܬܘܢܢ | |||
| construct | ܬܘܢ | 2nd person | ܬܘܢܟ | ܬܘܢܟܝ | ܬܘܢܟܘܢ | ܬܘܢܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܬܘܢܐ | 3rd person | ܬܘܢܗ | ܬܘܢܗ | ܬܘܢܗܘܢ | ܬܘܢܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܬܘܢܝܢ | 1st person | ܬܘܢܝ | ܬܘܢܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܬܘܢܝ | 2nd person | ܬܘܢܝܟ | ܬܘܢܝܟܝ | ܬܘܢܝܟܘܢ | ܬܘܢܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܬܘܢܐ | 3rd person | ܬܘܢܘܗܝ | ܬܘܢܝܗ | ܬܘܢܝܗܘܢ | ܬܘܢܝܗܝܢ | ||
Etymology 2
From the root ܬ ܘ ܢ related to urinating, from Proto-Semitic *ṯwn.
Pronunciation
Noun
ܬܘܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܘܢܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܬܘܢ | 1st person | ܬܘܢܝ | ܬܘܢܢ | |||
| construct | ܬܘܢ | 2nd person | ܬܘܢܟ | ܬܘܢܟܝ | ܬܘܢܟܘܢ | ܬܘܢܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܬܘܢܐ | 3rd person | ܬܘܢܗ | ܬܘܢܗ | ܬܘܢܗܘܢ | ܬܘܢܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܬܘܢܝܢ | 1st person | ܬܘܢܝ | ܬܘܢܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܬܘܢܝ | 2nd person | ܬܘܢܝܟ | ܬܘܢܝܟܝ | ܬܘܢܝܟܘܢ | ܬܘܢܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܬܘܢܐ | 3rd person | ܬܘܢܘܗܝ | ܬܘܢܝܗ | ܬܘܢܝܗܘܢ | ܬܘܢܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “twn”, 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. 389a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 606b, 608a
- 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. 1631b
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