ܢܡܣܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܢܡܣܐ

ܐܬܐ ܕܢܡܣܐ

Etymology

From Persian نِمْسَا (nemsâ), from Ottoman Turkish نمچه (nemçe), from Proto-Slavic *němьcь (“German”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [nɪm.saː]

Proper noun

ܢܸܡܣܵܐ • (nimsā) f

1. Austria (a country in Europe; official name: Republic of Austria)

Derived terms

• ܢܸܡܣܵܝܵܐ (nimsāyā, “Austrian”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Arabic نِمْس (nims).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɛmsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nɛmse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܡܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܡܣܐ)

1. ichneumon, Egyptian mongoose

Inflection

    inflection of ܢܡܣܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܢܡܣ	ܢܡܣܝܢ
construct	ܢܡܣ	ܢܡܣܝ
emphatic	ܢܡܣܐ	ܢܡܣܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܢܡܣܝ	ܢܡܣܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܢܡܣܟ	ܢܡܣܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܢܡܣܟܝ	ܢܡܣܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܢܡܣܗ	ܢܡܣܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܢܡܣܗ	ܢܡܣܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܢܡܣܢ	ܢܡܣܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܢܡܣܟܘܢ	ܢܡܣܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܢܡܣܟܝܢ	ܢܡܣܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܢܡܣܗܘܢ	ܢܡܣܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܢܡܣܗܝܢ	ܢܡܣܝܗܝܢ

References

• “nms”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 341a
• 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. 922b