ܢܘܪܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܢ-ܘ-ܪ (n-w-r) related to illuminating. Compare Arabic نَوْرَة (nawra) and Hebrew נוֹרָה (nôrâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nurtɑ], [n(ə)wɑrtɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nurɑθɑ], [n(ə)wɑrɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܢܘܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܢܘܪܬܐ)

1. hay
2. flower; ranunculus, crowfoot
3. arsenic

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܘܪܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܘܪܐ		1st person	ܢܘܪܬܝ		ܢܘܪܬܢ
	construct	ܢܘܪܬ		2nd person	ܢܘܪܬܟ	ܢܘܪܬܟܝ	ܢܘܪܬܟܘܢ	ܢܘܪܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܘܪܬܐ		3rd person	ܢܘܪܬܗ	ܢܘܪܬܗ	ܢܘܪܬܗܘܢ	ܢܘܪܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܘܪܢ		1st person	ܢܘܪܬܢ		ܢܘܪܬܢ
	construct	ܢܘܪܬ		2nd person	ܢܘܪܬܟ	ܢܘܪܬܟܝ	ܢܘܪܬܟܘܢ	ܢܘܪܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܘܪܬܐ		3rd person	ܢܘܪܬܗ	ܢܘܪܬܗ	ܢܘܪܬܗܘܢ	ܢܘܪܬܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nawwɑrtɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nawwɑrɑθɑ] (plural)

Adjective

ܢܘܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. feminine emphatic singular of ܢܘܪܐ
2. feminine emphatic plural of ܢܘܪܐ

References

• “nwrh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-01
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 334b
• 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. 905a