ܢܟܝܢܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܢ-ܟ-ܐ (n-k-ʾ), related to injuring.

Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [nɛxˈjɑ.nɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [nɪxˈjɑ.nɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [nexˈjo.no]

Noun

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ܢܟܝܢܐ (neḵyānām (plural ܢܟܝܢܐ (neḵyānē))

  1. harm, hurt, injury, pain
  2. damage, destruction
  3. defect
  4. fraud

Inflection

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References

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  • nkyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-05-24
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 204a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 339b
  • 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, page 918b