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

Inflection of ܢܥܘܪܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܥܘܪܐ		1st person	ܢܥܘܪܬܝ		ܢܥܘܪܬܢ
	construct	ܢܥܘܪܬ		2nd person	ܢܥܘܪܬܟ	ܢܥܘܪܬܟܝ	ܢܥܘܪܬܟܘܢ	ܢܥܘܪܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܥܘܪܬܐ		3rd person	ܢܥܘܪܬܗ	ܢܥܘܪܬܗ	ܢܥܘܪܬܗܘܢ	ܢܥܘܪܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܥܘܪܢ		1st person	ܢܥܘܪܬܢ		ܢܥܘܪܬܢ
	construct	ܢܥܘܪܬ		2nd person	ܢܥܘܪܬܟ	ܢܥܘܪܬܟܝ	ܢܥܘܪܬܟܘܢ	ܢܥܘܪܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܥܘܪܬܐ		3rd person	ܢܥܘܪܬܗ	ܢܥܘܪܬܗ	ܢܥܘܪܬܗܘܢ	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