ܢܫܡܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܢ-ܫ-ܡ (n-š-m) related to breathing. Compare Arabic نَسَم (nasam).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [nɛʃmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nɛʃme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܢܫܡܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܢܫܡܐ)

  1. breath, breathing, exhalation
  2. blowing, snorting
  3. spirit

Inflection

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References

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  • nšm”, 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. 215a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 354a
  • 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, pp. 953b-954a