ܢܚܝܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ ܚ ܪ related to breathing heavily. Compare Arabic نَخِير (naḵīr) and Hebrew נְחִיר (nəḥîr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [n(ə)ħirɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [n(ə)ħire] (plural)

Noun

ܢܚܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܚܝܪܐ)

  1. (anatomy) nose, nostril
  2. (figuratively) lamp nozzle; gate bolt, flange

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܚܝܪܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܢܚܝܪ 1st person ܢܚܝܪܝ ܢܚܝܪܢ
construct ܢܚܝܪ 2nd person ܢܚܝܪܟ ܢܚܝܪܟܝ ܢܚܝܪܟܘܢ ܢܚܝܪܟܝܢ
emphatic ܢܚܝܪܐ 3rd person ܢܚܝܪܗ ܢܚܝܪܗ ܢܚܝܪܗܘܢ ܢܚܝܪܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܢܚܝܪܝܢ 1st person ܢܚܝܪܝ ܢܚܝܪܝܢ
construct ܢܚܝܪܝ 2nd person ܢܚܝܪܝܟ ܢܚܝܪܝܟܝ ܢܚܝܪܝܟܘܢ ܢܚܝܪܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܢܚܝܪܐ 3rd person ܢܚܝܪܘܗܝ ܢܚܝܪܝܗ ܢܚܝܪܝܗܘܢ ܢܚܝܪܝܗܝܢ

References

  • “nḥyr”, 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, page 201b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 335b
  • 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 907b

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Etymology

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Noun

ܢܚܝܪܳܐ • (nḥiro) m

  1. (anatomy) nose
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