ܐܘܩܝܢܘܣ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
    
    Etymology
    
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܐܘܩܝܢܘܣ, from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).
Pronunciation
    
- (standard) IPA(key): [ʔuːqəjɑːnosː]
 
Noun
    
ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ • (ēwqyānōs) m sg (plural ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܹ̈ܐ (ēwqyānōsē) or ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܼ (ēwqyānū))
- ocean (very large body of salt water covering approximately 71% of the surface of Earth and 97% of Earth's water)
 
Inflection
    
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܝܼ  (ēwqyānōsī)  | 
ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܲܢ  (ēwqyānōsan)  | ||
| construct | ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ  (ēwqyānōs)  | 
2nd person | ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܘܼܟ݂  (ēwqyānōsūḵ)  | 
ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܵܟ݂ܝ  (ēwqyānōsāḵ)  | 
ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ  (ēwqyānōsāwḵōn)  | ||
| emphatic | ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ  (ēwqyānōs)  | 
3rd person | ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܹܗ  (ēwqyānōsēh)  | 
ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܘܿܗ̇  (ēwqyānōsōh)  | 
ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܗܘܿܢ  (ēwqyānōshōn)  | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܝܼ̈  (ēwqyānōsī)  | 
ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܲܢ̈  (ēwqyānōsan)  | ||
| construct | ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܲܝ̈  (ēwqyānōsay)  | 
2nd person | ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܘܼ̈ܟ݂  (ēwqyānōsūḵ)  | 
ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܵܟ݂ܝ̈  (ēwqyānōsāḵ)  | 
ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ  (ēwqyānōsāwḵōn)  | ||
| emphatic | ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܹ̈ܐ  (ēwqyānōsē)  | 
3rd person | ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܘܼ̈ܗܝ  (ēwqyānōsūh)  | 
ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ̈ܘܿܗ̇  (ēwqyānōsōh)  | 
ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܗ̈ܘܿܢ  (ēwqyānōshōn)  | ||
Hyponyms
    
- (Oceans) ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܹ̈ܐ (ēwqyānōsē); ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ ܗܲܕܝܼܐܵܐ (ēwqyānōs hadīˀā), ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ ܕܐܲܛܠܵܢܛܝܼܩܘܿܢ (ēwqyānōs d-aṭlānṭīqōn), ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ ܗܸܢܕܘܼܵܝܵܐ (ēwqyānōs hindūwāyā), ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ ܡܓܲܠܕܵܐ ܬܲܝܡܢܵܝܵܐ (ēwqyānōs mgaldā taymnāyā), ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ ܡܓܲܠܕܵܐ ܓܲܪܒܝܵܝܵܐ (ēwqyānōs mgaldā garbyāyā), (Category: aii:Oceans)
 
Derived terms
    
- ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܵܝܵܐ (ēwqyānōsāyā, “oceanic”)
 - ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܝܼܵܐ (ēwqyānōsīyā, “Oceania”)
 - ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܢܘܼܬ ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ (maḵtḇānūt ēwqyānōs, “oceanography”)
 
Classical Syriac
    
    Alternative forms
    
- ܐܘܩܝܐܢܘܣ (ʾwqyʾnws)
 - ܐܘܩܐܐܢܘܣ (ʾwqʾʾnws)
 - ܐܘܩܐܘܢܣ (ʾwqʾnws)
 
Etymology
    
From Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [ʔo.qeˈjɑ.nos]
 
See also
    
- ܝܡܐ (yammā)
 
References
    
- “ˀwqyˀnws”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-15
 - Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 4b
 - Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 7b
 - 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. 20a
 
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