ܢܘܟܪܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܟ-ܪ-ܝ (n-k-r-y) related to keeping away; compare Hebrew נָכְרִי (noḵrî).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nuxˈrɑ.jɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nuxˈrɑ.je] (plural)

Adjective

ܢܘܟܪܝܐ • (nūḵrāyā) m (plural ܢܘܟܪܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܢܘܟܪܝܬܐ)

1. strange, unusual
2. foreign, alien, alienated
3. other

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܘܟܪܝܐ

person	singular		plural
	m	f	m	f
absolute	ܢܘܟܪܝ	ܢܘܟܪܝܐ	ܢܘܟܪܝܝܢ	ܢܘܟܪܝܢ
construct	ܢܘܟܪܝ	ܢܘܟܪܝܬ	ܢܘܟܪܝܝ	ܢܘܟܪܝܬ
emphatic	ܢܘܟܪܝܐ	ܢܘܟܪܝܬܐ	ܢܘܟܪܝܐ	ܢܘܟܪܝܬܐ

Noun

ܢܘܟܪܝܐ • (nūḵrāyā) m (plural ܢܘܟܪܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܢܘܟܪܝܬܐ)

1. stranger
2. foreigner, alien
3. separation, forsaking

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܘܟܪܝܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܘܟܪܝ		1st person	ܢܘܟܪܝܝ		ܢܘܟܪܝܢ
	construct	ܢܘܟܪܝ		2nd person	ܢܘܟܪܝܟ	ܢܘܟܪܝܟܝ	ܢܘܟܪܝܟܘܢ	ܢܘܟܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܘܟܪܝܐ		3rd person	ܢܘܟܪܝܗ	ܢܘܟܪܝܗ	ܢܘܟܪܝܗܘܢ	ܢܘܟܪܝܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܘܟܪܝܝܢ		1st person	ܢܘܟܪܝܝ		ܢܘܟܪܝܝܢ
	construct	ܢܘܟܪܝܝ		2nd person	ܢܘܟܪܝܝܟ	ܢܘܟܪܝܝܟܝ	ܢܘܟܪܝܝܟܘܢ	ܢܘܟܪܝܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܘܟܪܝܐ		3rd person	ܢܘܟܪܝܘܗܝ	ܢܘܟܪܝܝܗ	ܢܘܟܪܝܝܗܘܢ	ܢܘܟܪܝܝܗܝܢ

References

• “nwkry”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-07
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 205a, b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 332a
• 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. 899a