ܢܚܝܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܚ-ܪ (n-ḥ-r) related to breathing heavily. Compare Arabic نَخِير (naḵīr) and Hebrew נְחִיר (nəḥîr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [n(ə)ħirɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [n(ə)ħire] (plural)

Noun

ܢܚܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܚܝܪܐ)

1. (anatomy) nose, nostril
2. (figuratively) lamp nozzle; gate bolt, flange

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܚܝܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܚܝܪ		1st person	ܢܚܝܪܝ		ܢܚܝܪܢ
	construct	ܢܚܝܪ		2nd person	ܢܚܝܪܟ	ܢܚܝܪܟܝ	ܢܚܝܪܟܘܢ	ܢܚܝܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܚܝܪܐ		3rd person	ܢܚܝܪܗ	ܢܚܝܪܗ	ܢܚܝܪܗܘܢ	ܢܚܝܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܚܝܪܝܢ		1st person	ܢܚܝܪܝ		ܢܚܝܪܝܢ
	construct	ܢܚܝܪܝ		2nd person	ܢܚܝܪܝܟ	ܢܚܝܪܝܟܝ	ܢܚܝܪܝܟܘܢ	ܢܚܝܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܚܝܪܐ		3rd person	ܢܚܝܪܘܗܝ	ܢܚܝܪܝܗ	ܢܚܝܪܝܗܘܢ	ܢܚܝܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “nḥyr”, 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, 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. 335b
• 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. 907b

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Etymology

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Noun

ܢܚܝܪܳܐ • (nḥiro) m

1. (anatomy) nose