ܢܝܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Derived from Akkadian 𒉌𒄿𒊒 (nīru, “yoke, crossbeam”); cognate with Arabic نِير (nīr), and Hebrew נִיר (nîr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nirɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [nire(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܢܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܝܪܐ)

1. yoke (for oxen)
2. beam (of a loom)
3. weft, woof
4. (figuratively) service, servitude, bondage
5. tie of a vine to its prop

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܝܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܝܪ		1st person	ܢܝܪܝ		ܢܝܪܢ
	construct	ܢܝܪ		2nd person	ܢܝܪܟ	ܢܝܪܟܝ	ܢܝܪܟܘܢ	ܢܝܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܝܪܐ		3rd person	ܢܝܪܗ	ܢܝܪܗ	ܢܝܪܗܘܢ	ܢܝܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܝܪܝܢ		1st person	ܢܝܪܝ		ܢܝܪܝܢ
	construct	ܢܝܪܝ		2nd person	ܢܝܪܝܟ	ܢܝܪܝܟܝ	ܢܝܪܝܟܘܢ	ܢܝܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܝܪܐ		3rd person	ܢܝܪܘܗܝ	ܢܝܪܝܗ	ܢܝܪܝܗܘܢ	ܢܝܪܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• (beam; weft): ܢܘܠܐ

Descendants

• Arabic: نِير (nīr)

Proper noun

ܢܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m

1. (astronomy) star in Ursa Minor, possibly Pherkad (Gamma Ursae Minoris)

References

• “nyr”, 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. 203b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 339a
• 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. 916a