ܢܝܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Derived from Akkadian 𒉌𒄿𒊒 (nīru, “yoke, crossbeam”); cognate with Arabic نِير (nīr), and Hebrew נִיר (nîr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nirɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nire] (plural)

Noun

ܢܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܝܪܐ)

  1. yoke (for oxen)
  2. beam (of a loom)
  3. weft, woof
  4. (figuratively) service, servitude, bondage
  5. tie of a vine to its prop

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܝܪܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܢܝܪ 1st person ܢܝܪܝ ܢܝܪܢ
construct ܢܝܪ 2nd person ܢܝܪܟ ܢܝܪܟܝ ܢܝܪܟܘܢ ܢܝܪܟܝܢ
emphatic ܢܝܪܐ 3rd person ܢܝܪܗ ܢܝܪܗ ܢܝܪܗܘܢ ܢܝܪܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܢܝܪܝܢ 1st person ܢܝܪܝ ܢܝܪܝܢ
construct ܢܝܪܝ 2nd person ܢܝܪܝܟ ܢܝܪܝܟܝ ܢܝܪܝܟܘܢ ܢܝܪܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܢܝܪܐ 3rd person ܢܝܪܘܗܝ ܢܝܪܝܗ ܢܝܪܝܗܘܢ ܢܝܪܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Arabic: نِير (nīr)

Proper noun

ܢܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m

  1. (astronomy) star in Ursa Minor, possibly Pherkad (Gamma Ursae Minoris)

References

  • “nyr”, 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 203b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 339a
  • 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 916a
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