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ܢܩܣܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ܢܩܣܐ (neqsām (plural ܢܩܣܐ)

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

Inflection

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References

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  • 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