ܢܝܙܟܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Persian *𐎴𐎡𐏀𐎣 (*n-i-z-k /⁠naizaka-⁠/), borrowed from Old Median *náyzakam, from Proto-Iranian *náyjakam, derived from *náyjam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náyȷ́žʰam (“spear, sharp tip”).

Compare Middle Persian nyck' (nēzag), Persian نیزه (neyze, nêza), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀- (naēza-), and Arabic نَيْزَك (nayzak).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [najz(ə)xɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [najz(ə)xe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun[edit]

ܢܝܙܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܝܙܟܐ)

  1. spear, lance, javelin
  2. (astronomy) meteor, shooting star

Inflection[edit]

    inflection of ܢܝܙܟܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܢܝܙܟ ܢܝܙܟܝܢ
construct ܢܝܙܟ ܢܝܙܟܝ
emphatic ܢܝܙܟܐ ܢܝܙܟܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܢܝܙܟܝ ܢܝܙܟܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܢܝܙܟܟ ܢܝܙܟܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܢܝܙܟܟܝ ܢܝܙܟܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܢܝܙܟܗ ܢܝܙܟܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܢܝܙܟܗ ܢܝܙܟܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܢܝܙܟܢ ܢܝܙܟܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܢܝܙܟܟܘܢ ܢܝܙܟܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܢܝܙܟܟܝܢ ܢܝܙܟܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܢܝܙܟܗܘܢ ܢܝܙܟܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܢܝܙܟܗܝܢ ܢܝܙܟܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “nyzk”, 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, p. 203b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 338a
  • 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. 914a
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