ܢܩܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܢܩܨܐ (neqṣā)

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܩ-ܣ (n-q-s), related to cutting up; compare Arabic نَقَصَ (naqaṣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛq.sɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛq.se] (plural)

Noun

ܢܩܣܐ • (neqsā) m (plural ܢܩܣܐ)

1. slice, cut of meat
2. lump or mass of molten glass

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܩܣܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܩܣ		1st person	ܢܩܣܝ		ܢܩܣܢ
	construct	ܢܩܣ		2nd person	ܢܩܣܟ	ܢܩܣܟܝ	ܢܩܣܟܘܢ	ܢܩܣܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܩܣܐ		3rd person	ܢܩܣܗ	ܢܩܣܗ	ܢܩܣܗܘܢ	ܢܩܣܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܩܣܝܢ		1st person	ܢܩܣܝ		ܢܩܣܝܢ
	construct	ܢܩܣܝ		2nd person	ܢܩܣܝܟ	ܢܩܣܝܟܝ	ܢܩܣܝܟܘܢ	ܢܩܣܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܩܣܐ		3rd person	ܢܩܣܘܗܝ	ܢܩܣܝܗ	ܢܩܣܝܗܘܢ	ܢܩܣܝܗܝܢ

References

• “nqs”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-04-14
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 213a
• Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 217a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 947b