ܢܘܚܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܘ-ܚ (n-w-ḥ) related to resting. Compare Arabic نَوْح (nawḥ) and Hebrew נוֹחַ (nôaḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nawħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nawħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܘܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܘܚܐ)

1. quiet, calm, serenity, repose, rest
2. resting-place
3. (weather) calm weather
4. inactivity, cessation

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܘܚܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܘܚ		1st person	ܢܘܚܝ		ܢܘܚܢ
	construct	ܢܘܚ		2nd person	ܢܘܚܟ	ܢܘܚܟܝ	ܢܘܚܟܘܢ	ܢܘܚܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܘܚܐ		3rd person	ܢܘܚܗ	ܢܘܚܗ	ܢܘܚܗܘܢ	ܢܘܚܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܘܚܝܢ		1st person	ܢܘܚܝ		ܢܘܚܝܢ
	construct	ܢܘܚܝ		2nd person	ܢܘܚܝܟ	ܢܘܚܝܟܝ	ܢܘܚܝܟܘܢ	ܢܘܚܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܘܚܐ		3rd person	ܢܘܚܘܗܝ	ܢܘܚܝܗ	ܢܘܚܝܗܘܢ	ܢܘܚܝܗܝܢ

References

• “nwḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-29
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 199b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 331b
• 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. 897b