ܢܘܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νᾱός (nāós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nawsɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nawse] (plural)

Noun

ܢܘܣܐ • (nawsā) m (plural ܢܘܣܐ (nawsē))

1. temple, sanctuary, shrine, charnel
2. (architecture) nave
3. idol
4. reliquary, case, chest
5. fortress, citadel

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܘܣܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܘܣ		1st person	ܢܘܣܝ		ܢܘܣܢ
	construct	ܢܘܣ		2nd person	ܢܘܣܟ	ܢܘܣܟܝ	ܢܘܣܟܘܢ	ܢܘܣܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܘܣܐ		3rd person	ܢܘܣܗ	ܢܘܣܗ	ܢܘܣܗܘܢ	ܢܘܣܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܘܣܝܢ		1st person	ܢܘܣܝ		ܢܘܣܝܢ
	construct	ܢܘܣܝ		2nd person	ܢܘܣܝܟ	ܢܘܣܝܟܝ	ܢܘܣܝܟܘܢ	ܢܘܣܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܘܣܐ		3rd person	ܢܘܣܘܗܝ	ܢܘܣܝܗ	ܢܘܣܝܗܘܢ	ܢܘܣܝܗܝܢ

References

• “nws”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 200a–b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 333a
• 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, page 333a