ܢܘܫܐ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly related to ܢܦܫܐ (nap̄šā, “soul; funerary monument”), but compare ܢܘܣܐ (nawsā, “charnel, repository for dead; case, chest”), and for parallel semantic developments Latin loculus, German Kiste.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܢܘܫܐ • (nawšã) m (plural ܢܘܫܐ (nawšē))
Inflection
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܢܘܫ | 1st person | ܢܘܫܝ | ܢܘܫܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܘܫ | 2nd person | ܢܘܫܟ | ܢܘܫܟܝ | ܢܘܫܟܘܢ | ܢܘܫܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܘܫܐ | 3rd person | ܢܘܫܗ | ܢܘܫܗ | ܢܘܫܗܘܢ | ܢܘܫܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܢܘܫܝܢ | 1st person | ܢܘܫܝ | ܢܘܫܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܘܫܝ | 2nd person | ܢܘܫܝܟ | ܢܘܫܝܟܝ | ܢܘܫܝܟܘܢ | ܢܘܫܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܘܫܐ | 3rd person | ܢܘܫܘܗܝ | ܢܘܫܝܗ | ܢܘܫܝܗܘܢ | ܢܘܫܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
[edit]- “nwš”, 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, page 200b
- 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 905a