ܢܥܘܪܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܥ-ܪ (n-ʿ-r) related to growling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɑʕortɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [nɑʕorɑθɑ] (in the plural)

Noun

ܢܥܘܪܬܐ • (nāʿōrtā) f (plural ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrāṯā), singular masculine counterpart ܢܥܘܪܐ (nāʿōrā))

1. growler, roarer
2. water wheel, noria

Inflection

    declension of ܢܥܘܪܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܢܥܘܪܐ	ܢܥܘܪܢ
construct	ܢܥܘܪܬ	ܢܥܘܪܬ
emphatic	ܢܥܘܪܬܐ	ܢܥܘܪܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܢܥܘܪܬܝ	ܢܥܘܪܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܢܥܘܪܬܟ	ܢܥܘܪܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܢܥܘܪܬܟܝ	ܢܥܘܪܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܢܥܘܪܬܗ	ܢܥܘܪܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܢܥܘܪܬܗ	ܢܥܘܪܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܢܥܘܪܬܢ	ܢܥܘܪܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܢܥܘܪܬܟܘܢ	ܢܥܘܪܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܢܥܘܪܬܟܝܢ	ܢܥܘܪܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܢܥܘܪܬܗܘܢ	ܢܥܘܪܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܢܥܘܪܬܗܝܢ	ܢܥܘܪܬܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), نَاعُور (nāʕūr)
  • → Portuguese: nora
  • → Spanish: noria
    • → English: noria
    • → French: noria
  • → Italian: noria

References

• “nˁwr”, 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, page 343a
• 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 928a