ܢܘܣܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νᾱός (nāós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nawsɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [nawse] (plural)
Noun
ܢܘܣܐ • (nawsā) m (plural ܢܘܣܐ (nawsē))
- temple, sanctuary, shrine, charnel
- (architecture) nave
- idol
- reliquary, case, chest
- fortress, citadel
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܢܘܣ | 1st person | ܢܘܣܝ | ܢܘܣܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܘܣ | 2nd person | ܢܘܣܟ | ܢܘܣܟܝ | ܢܘܣܟܘܢ | ܢܘܣܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܘܣܐ | 3rd person | ܢܘܣܗ | ܢܘܣܗ | ܢܘܣܗܘܢ | ܢܘܣܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܢܘܣܝܢ | 1st person | ܢܘܣܝ | ܢܘܣܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܘܣܝ | 2nd person | ܢܘܣܝܟ | ܢܘܣܝܟܝ | ܢܘܣܝܟܘܢ | ܢܘܣܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܘܣܐ | 3rd person | ܢܘܣܘܗܝ | ܢܘܣܝܗ | ܢܘܣܝܗܘܢ | ܢܘܣܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “nws”, 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, pages 200a–b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 333a
- 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 333a