ܢܝܚܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܘ-ܚ (n-w-ḥ) related to resting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [n(ə)jɑħtɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [n(ə)jɑħɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܢܝܚܬܐ • (nəyāḥtā) f (plural ܢܝܚܬܐ (nəyāḥātā))

1. quietness, repose, rest
2. sleep, falling asleep
3. resting place
4. death
5. wake, funeral repast
6. leisure, recreation
7. pleasure, joy
8. (Christianity) agape, love feast
9. gift

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܝܚܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܝܚܐ		1st person	ܢܝܚܬܝ		ܢܝܚܬܢ
	construct	ܢܝܚܬ		2nd person	ܢܝܚܬܟ	ܢܝܚܬܟܝ	ܢܝܚܬܟܘܢ	ܢܝܚܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܝܚܬܐ		3rd person	ܢܝܚܬܗ	ܢܝܚܬܗ	ܢܝܚܬܗܘܢ	ܢܝܚܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܝܚܢ		1st person	ܢܝܚܬܢ		ܢܝܚܬܢ
	construct	ܢܝܚܬ		2nd person	ܢܝܚܬܟ	ܢܝܚܬܟܝ	ܢܝܚܬܟܘܢ	ܢܝܚܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܝܚܬܐ		3rd person	ܢܝܚܬܗ	ܢܝܚܬܗ	ܢܝܚܬܗܘܢ	ܢܝܚܬܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: نِياحة (niyāḥa)

References

• “nyḥh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-22
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 199b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 338b
• 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 915a