ܢܓܪܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܢܓܪܐ (naggārāʾ, “carpenter”), from Akkadian 𒉄 (naggāru [NAGAR]), from Sumerian 𒉄 (nagar) + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ). Compare Hebrew נַגָּרוּת (naggārûṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naɡɡɑruθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܢܓܪܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)

1. carpentry

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܓܪܘܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܓܪܘ		1st person	ܢܓܪܘܬܝ		ܢܓܪܘܬܢ
	construct	ܢܓܪܘܬ		2nd person	ܢܓܪܘܬܟ	ܢܓܪܘܬܟܝ	ܢܓܪܘܬܟܘܢ	ܢܓܪܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܓܪܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܢܓܪܘܬܗ	ܢܓܪܘܬܗ	ܢܓܪܘܬܗܘܢ	ܢܓܪܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• “ngrw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-11-17
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 197b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 328a
• 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. 890a