ܥܝܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʕeːn.]

Noun

ܥܹܝܢ • (ˁēn) f sg (plural ܥܲܝܢܲܝ̈ (ˤaynay) or ܥܲܝ̈ܢܵܬ݂ (ˤaynāṯ))

1. singular construct state of ܥܲܝܢܵܐ (ˁaynā, “eye; spring”)
2. Alternative form of ܥܹܐ (ˁē, “sixteenth letter of the Assyrian alphabet”)

Derived terms

• ܥܹܝܢ ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (ˁēn nūnē, “Ain Nuni”, literally “Spring of fish”)
• ܥܹܝܢ ܣܲܦܵܢܹ̈ܐ (ˁēn sappānē, “Ain Sifni”, literally “Spring of sailors”)
• ܥܹܝܢ ܘܲܪܕܵܐ (ˁēn wardā, “Inwardo”, literally “Spring of the rose”)
• ܥܹܝܢ ܫܸܡܫܵܐ (ˁēn šimšā, “sundisk”, literally “eye of the sun”)