ܢܘܟܪܝܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root ܢ-ܟ-ܪ-ܝ (n-k-r-y) related to keeping away; compare Hebrew נָכְרִי (noḵrî).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [nuxˈrɑ.jɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nuxˈrɑ.je] (plural)

Adjective[edit]

ܢܘܟܪܝܐ (nūḵrāyām (plural ܢܘܟܪܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܢܘܟܪܝܬܐ)

  1. strange, unusual
  2. foreign, alien, alienated
  3. other

Inflection[edit]

Noun[edit]

ܢܘܟܪܝܐ (nūḵrāyām (plural ܢܘܟܪܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܢܘܟܪܝܬܐ)

  1. stranger
  2. foreigner, alien
  3. separation, forsaking

Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  • nwkry”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-07
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 205a, b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 332a
  • 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. 899a