ܟܗܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Either borrowed from or cognate with Hebrew כוהן / כֹּהֵן (kōhēn). Compare Arabic كَاهِن (kāhin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑhnɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [kɑhne(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܟܗܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܗܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܟܗܢܬܐ)

1. priest

Inflection

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܟܗܢ	ܟܗܢܝܢ
construct	ܟܗܢ	ܟܗܢܝ
emphatic	ܟܗܢܐ	ܟܗܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܟܗܢܝ	ܟܗܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܟܗܢܟ	ܟܗܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܟܗܢܟܝ	ܟܗܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܟܗܢܗ	ܟܗܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܟܗܢܗ	ܟܗܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܟܗܢܢ	ܟܗܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܟܗܢܟܘܢ	ܟܗܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܟܗܢܟܝܢ	ܟܗܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܟܗܢܗܘܢ	ܟܗܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܟܗܢܗܝܢ	ܟܗܢܝܗܝܢ

    inflection of ܟܗܢܐ

Derived terms

• ܟܗܢ
• ܟܗܢܐܝܬ
• ܟܗܢܝܐ
• ܟܗܢܘܬܐ
• ܟܘܗܢܐ
• ܪܒ ܟܗܢܐ
• ܪܝܫ ܟܗܢܐ

Descendants

• Old Armenian: քահանայ (kʻahanay)

See also

• ܟܘܡܪܐ

References

• “khn”, 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. 151b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 206a
• 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. 601b