ܢܩܘܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܩ-ܫ related to knocking. Compare Arabic نَاقُوس (nāqūs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɑqoʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nɑqoʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܩܘܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܩܘܫܐ)

1. knocker (one who knocks)
2. pulsating, throbbing
3. sound
4. musician, player
5. musical instrument
6. pick, plectrum
7. clapper, bell, church bell
8. semantron
9. pestle
10. (pathology) ache, pain; illness

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܩܘܫܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܩܘܫ		1st person	ܢܩܘܫܝ		ܢܩܘܫܢ
	construct	ܢܩܘܫ		2nd person	ܢܩܘܫܟ	ܢܩܘܫܟܝ	ܢܩܘܫܟܘܢ	ܢܩܘܫܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܩܘܫܐ		3rd person	ܢܩܘܫܗ	ܢܩܘܫܗ	ܢܩܘܫܗܘܢ	ܢܩܘܫܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܩܘܫܝܢ		1st person	ܢܩܘܫܝ		ܢܩܘܫܝܢ
	construct	ܢܩܘܫܝ		2nd person	ܢܩܘܫܝܟ	ܢܩܘܫܝܟܝ	ܢܩܘܫܝܟܘܢ	ܢܩܘܫܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܩܘܫܐ		3rd person	ܢܩܘܫܘܗܝ	ܢܩܘܫܝܗ	ܢܩܘܫܝܗܘܢ	ܢܩܘܫܝܗܝܢ

See also

• ܙܓܐ

References

• “nqwš”, 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. 214a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 350b
• 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. 945b