ܢܚܝܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܚ-ܪ‎ (n-ḥ-r) related to breathing heavily. Compare Arabic نَخِير‎ (naḫīr) and Hebrew נְחִיר‎ (nəḥîr).

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

Noun

ܢܚܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܚܝܪܐ)

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

Inflection
    declension of ܢܚܝܪܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܢܚܝܪ ܢܚܝܪܝܢ
construct ܢܚܝܪ ܢܚܝܪܝ
emphatic ܢܚܝܪܐ ܢܚܝܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܢܚܝܪܝ ܢܚܝܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܢܚܝܪܟ ܢܚܝܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܢܚܝܪܟܝ ܢܚܝܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܢܚܝܪܗ ܢܚܝܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܢܚܝܪܗ ܢܚܝܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܢܚܝܪܢ ܢܚܝܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܢܚܝܪܟܘܢ ܢܚܝܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܢܚܝܪܟܝܢ ܢܚܝܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܢܚܝܪܗܘܢ ܢܚܝܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܢܚܝܪܗܝܢ ܢܚܝܪܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “nḥyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 201b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 907b
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