ܢܘܪܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܢ-ܘ-ܪ (n-w-r) related to illuminating. Compare Arabic نَوْرَة (nawra) and Hebrew נוֹרָה (nôrâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nurtɑ], [n(ə)wɑrtɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nurɑθɑ], [n(ə)wɑrɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܢܘܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܢܘܪܬܐ)

1. hay
2. flower; ranunculus, crowfoot
3. arsenic

Inflection

    declension of ܢܘܪܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܢܘܪܐ	ܢܘܪܢ
construct	ܢܘܪܬ	ܢܘܪܬ
emphatic	ܢܘܪܬܐ	ܢܘܪܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܢܘܪܬܝ	ܢܘܪܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܢܘܪܬܟ	ܢܘܪܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܢܘܪܬܟܝ	ܢܘܪܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܢܘܪܬܗ	ܢܘܪܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܢܘܪܬܗ	ܢܘܪܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܢܘܪܬܢ	ܢܘܪܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܢܘܪܬܟܘܢ	ܢܘܪܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܢܘܪܬܟܝܢ	ܢܘܪܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܢܘܪܬܗܘܢ	ܢܘܪܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܢܘܪܬܗܝܢ	ܢܘܪܬܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nawwɑrtɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nawwɑrɑθɑ] (plural)

Adjective

ܢܘܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. feminine emphatic singular of ܢܘܪܐ
2. feminine emphatic plural of ܢܘܪܐ

References

• “nwrh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-01
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 334b
• 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. 905a