ܢܫܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *našr-. The sense of "gable" is a calque of Ancient Greek ἀετός (aetós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɛʃrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nɛʃre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܫܪܐ (nišrā’) m (plural ܢܫܪܐ)

  1. eagle
  2. name of a mythical plant
  3. (botany) fern
  4. (architecture) gable, pediment
Inflection
Derived terms
  • ܢܫܪܢܝܐ

Proper noun

ܢܫܪܐ (transliteration needed) m

  1. (astronomy) Aquila
Derived terms
  • ܢܫܪܐ ܕܛܐܣ
  • ܢܫܪܐ ܕܫܟܝܢ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɑʃrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nɑʃre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܫܪܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܫܪܐ)

  1. cobbler's glue
Inflection

References

  • nšr”, 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. 215b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 354b
  • 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. 954b
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