ܢܩܡܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܩ-ܡ (n-q-m), related to avenging; compare Arabic نَقِمَة (naqima), نِقْمَة (niqma), نَقْمَة (naqma), Hebrew נְקָמָה (nəqāmâ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [n(ə.)ˈqam.(ə.)θɑ], [nɛqˈqɛm.(ə.)θɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈnqam.θɑ], [nɪqˈqɪm.θɑ]
• (Westerm Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈnqɑm.θo], [nɛˈqɛm.θo]

Noun

ܢܩܡܬܐ • (nəqaməṯā, neqqeməṯā) f (plural ܢܩܡܬܐ (naqmāṯā))

1. vengeance
   • Peshitta, Jeremiah 50:28:

     ܩܠܐ ܕܥܪܩܝܢ ܘܕܡܬܦܠܛܝܢ ܡܢ ܐܪܥܐ ܕܒܒܠ܂ ܠܡܚܘܝܘ ܒܨܗܝܘܢ ܢܩܡܬܗ ܕܡܪܝܐ ܐܠܗܢ ܘܢܩܡܬܐ ܕܗܝܟܠܗ܂

     qālā ḏə-ʿārqīn wa-ḏə-meṯpalṭīn men ʾarʿā ḏə-ḇāḇēl. la-məḥawwāyū ḇə-ṣehyōn nəqaməṯēh ḏə-māryā ʾălāhan wə-nəqaməṯā ḏə-hayklēh.

     The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance of his temple.

Inflection

    declension of ܢܩܡܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܢܩܡܐ	ܢܩܡܢ
construct	ܢܩܡܬ	ܢܩܡܬ
emphatic	ܢܩܡܬܐ	ܢܩܡܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܢܩܡܬܝ	ܢܩܡܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܢܩܡܬܟ	ܢܩܡܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܢܩܡܬܟܝ	ܢܩܡܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܢܩܡܬܗ	ܢܩܡܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܢܩܡܬܗ	ܢܩܡܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܢܩܡܬܢ	ܢܩܡܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܢܩܡܬܟܘܢ	ܢܩܡܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܢܩܡܬܟܝܢ	ܢܩܡܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܢܩܡܬܗܘܢ	ܢܩܡܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܢܩܡܬܗܝܢ	ܢܩܡܬܗܝܢ

References

• “nqmh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-11-14
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 213a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 351b
• 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 947b