ܢܘܚܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܢ ܘ ܚ related to resting. Compare Arabic نَوْح (nawḥ) and Hebrew נוֹחַ (nôaḥ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nawħɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [nawħe] (plural)
Noun
ܢܘܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܘܚܐ)
- quiet, calm, serenity, repose, rest
- resting-place
- (weather) calm weather
- inactivity, cessation
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܢܘܚ | 1st person | ܢܘܚܝ | ܢܘܚܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܘܚ | 2nd person | ܢܘܚܟ | ܢܘܚܟܝ | ܢܘܚܟܘܢ | ܢܘܚܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܘܚܐ | 3rd person | ܢܘܚܗ | ܢܘܚܗ | ܢܘܚܗܘܢ | ܢܘܚܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܢܘܚܝܢ | 1st person | ܢܘܚܝ | ܢܘܚܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܘܚܝ | 2nd person | ܢܘܚܝܟ | ܢܘܚܝܟܝ | ܢܘܚܝܟܘܢ | ܢܘܚܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܘܚܐ | 3rd person | ܢܘܚܘܗܝ | ܢܘܚܝܗ | ܢܘܚܝܗܘܢ | ܢܘܚܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “nwḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 29 March 2013
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 199b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 331b
- 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, →ISBN, page 897b