ܢܘܚܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܚ-ܡ (n-ḥ-m), related to resuscitating; compare Hebrew נֹחַם (nṓḥam).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nuħˈħɑ.mɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nuħˈħɑ.me] (plural)

Noun

ܢܘܚܡܐ • (nūḥḥāmā) m (plural ܢܘܚܡܐ)

1. wakening, arousing
2. resuscitation
3. recovery, revival, resurrection
4. raising the dead, necromancy
5. comfort, consolation

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܘܚܡܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܘܚܡ		1st person	ܢܘܚܡܝ		ܢܘܚܡܢ
	construct	ܢܘܚܡ		2nd person	ܢܘܚܡܟ	ܢܘܚܡܟܝ	ܢܘܚܡܟܘܢ	ܢܘܚܡܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܘܚܡܐ		3rd person	ܢܘܚܡܗ	ܢܘܚܡܗ	ܢܘܚܡܗܘܢ	ܢܘܚܡܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܘܚܡܝܢ		1st person	ܢܘܚܡܝ		ܢܘܚܡܝܢ
	construct	ܢܘܚܡܝ		2nd person	ܢܘܚܡܝܟ	ܢܘܚܡܝܟܝ	ܢܘܚܡܝܟܘܢ	ܢܘܚܡܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܘܚܡܐ		3rd person	ܢܘܚܡܘܗܝ	ܢܘܚܡܝܗ	ܢܘܚܡܝܗܘܢ	ܢܘܚܡܝܗܝܢ

References

• “nwḥm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-01
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 201b
• 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. 898a