ܢܣܝܪܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܢ ܣ ܪ (n s r) |
| 2 terms |
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܢܣܝܪܐ, past participle of ܢܵܣܹܪ (nāsēr, “to saw”); ultimately a Calque of Ancient Greek πρίσμα (prísma, “something sawed”), cognate to Hebrew מִנְסָרָה (minsará) and Arabic مَوْشُور (mawšūr).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [nəsiːrɑː]
Noun
ܢܣܝܼܪܵܐ • (nsīrā) m sg (plural ܢܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (nsīrē))
- (geometry) prism (polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape)
- (physics) prism (block used to split or reflect light)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܢܣܝܼܪ (nsīr) | 1st person | ܢܣܝܼܪܝܼ (nsīrī) | ܢܣܝܼܪܲܢ (nsīran) | |||
| construct | ܢܣܝܼܪ (nsīr) | 2nd person | ܢܣܝܼܪܘܼܟ݂ (nsīrōḵ) | ܢܣܝܼܪܵܟ݂ܝ (nsīrāḵ) | ܢܣܝܼܪܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nsīrawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܢܣܝܼܪܵܐ (nsīrā) | 3rd person | ܢܣܝܼܪܹܗ (nsīrēh) | ܢܣܝܼܪܵܗ̇ (nsīrāh) | ܢܣܝܼܪܗܘܿܢ (nsīrhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܢܣܝܼܪ̈ܝܼܢ (nsīrīn) | 1st person | ܢܣܝܼܪ̈ܝܼ (nsīrī) | ܢܣܝܼܪ̈ܲܢ (nsīran) | |||
| construct | ܢܣܝܼܪ̈ܲܝ (nsīray) | 2nd person | ܢܣܝܼܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂ (nsīrōḵ) | ܢܣܝܼܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ (nsīrāḵ) | ܢܣܝܼܪ̈ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nsīrawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܢܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (nsīrē) | 3rd person | ܢܣܝܼܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ (nsīrūh) | ܢܣܝܼܪ̈ܘܼܗ̇ (nsīrōh) | ܢܣܝܼܪ̈ܲܝܗܘܿܢ (nsīrayhōn) | |||
Verb
ܢܣܝܼܪܵܐ • (nsīrā) (feminine ܢܣܝܼܪܬܵܐ (nsīrtā), plural ܢܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (nsīrē))
- past participle of ܢܵܣܹܪ (nāsēr)