ܢܡܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Arabic نِمْس (nims).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɛmsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nɛmse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܡܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܡܣܐ)

1. ichneumon, Egyptian mongoose

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܡܣܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܡܣ		1st person	ܢܡܣܝ		ܢܡܣܢ
	construct	ܢܡܣ		2nd person	ܢܡܣܟ	ܢܡܣܟܝ	ܢܡܣܟܘܢ	ܢܡܣܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܡܣܐ		3rd person	ܢܡܣܗ	ܢܡܣܗ	ܢܡܣܗܘܢ	ܢܡܣܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܡܣܝܢ		1st person	ܢܡܣܝ		ܢܡܣܝܢ
	construct	ܢܡܣܝ		2nd person	ܢܡܣܝܟ	ܢܡܣܝܟܝ	ܢܡܣܝܟܘܢ	ܢܡܣܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܡܣܐ		3rd person	ܢܡܣܘܗܝ	ܢܡܣܝܗ	ܢܡܣܝܗܘܢ	ܢܡܣܝܗܝܢ

References

• “nms”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 341a
• 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. 922b