نياحة

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܢܝܚܬܐ (nəyāḥtā, “quiet; rest”), where the root ܢ-ܘ-ܚ (n-w-ḥ) relating to “rest”, as Arabic ن و خ (n-w-ḵ), was figuratively extended for becoming quiet and sad minutes of silence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni.jaː.ħa/

Noun

نِياحة • (niyāḥa) f

1. lamentation, wailing, loud beweeping of a deceased
2. (Egypt, Coptic Christianity, euphemistic) death

   Synonyms: وَفاة (wafāh), مَوْت (mawt)

Derived terms

• نَاحَ (nāḥa, “to wail”)
• نُوَاح (nuwāḥ, “a wailing; wailings”)
• نَائِحَة (nāʔiḥa, “a wailing woman”)
• نَوَّاحَة (nawwāḥa), نَوَّاح (nawwāḥ, “wailer, mourner”)
• مَناح (manāḥ), مَنَاحَة (manāḥa, “wailing, mourning”)
• نَاوَحَ (nāwaḥa, “to be faced to (seemingly while wailing together)”)
• تَنَيَّحَ (tanayyaḥa)
• تَنَوَّحَ (tanawwaḥa, “to dangle”)
• نَنَاوَحَ (nanāwaḥa, “to warble; to howl”)
• اِسْتَنَاحَ (istanāḥa, “to howl, to wail as to induce others to wail”)

See also

• مَأْتَم (maʔtam, “staying, biding; assembly for rejoicing or mourning”)