ܢܗܪܐ

Classical Syriac

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Alternative forms

• Hebrew script: נהרא

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܗ-ܪ (IPA: /n-h-r/). Compare Akkadian 𒀀𒇉 (nāru), Arabic نَهْر (nahr), Hebrew נָהָר (nāhār), and Ugaritic 𐎐𐎅𐎗 (nhr).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [nahrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA: [nahre(ʔ)], [nahrawwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܗܪܐ m (emphatic plural ܢܗܪܘܬܐ ,ܢܗܪܐ)

1. river, stream
2. branch of a river
3. canal

Inflection

    declension of ܢܗܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܢܗܪ	ܢܗܪܘܢ ,ܢܗܪܝܢ
construct	ܢܗܪ	ܢܗܪܘܬ ,ܢܗܪܝ
emphatic	ܢܗܪܐ	ܢܗܪܘܬܐ ,ܢܗܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܢܗܪܝ	ܢܗܪܘܬܝ ,ܢܗܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܢܗܪܟ	ܢܗܪܘܬܟ ,ܢܗܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܢܗܪܟܝ	ܢܗܪܘܬܟܝ ,ܢܗܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܢܗܪܗ	ܢܗܪܘܬܗ ,ܢܗܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܢܗܪܗ	ܢܗܪܘܬܗ ,ܢܗܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܢܗܪܢ	ܢܗܪܘܬܢ ,ܢܗܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܢܗܪܟܘܢ	ܢܗܪܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܢܗܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܢܗܪܟܝܢ	ܢܗܪܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܢܗܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܢܗܪܗܘܢ	ܢܗܪܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܢܗܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܢܗܪܗܝܢ	ܢܗܪܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܢܗܪܝܗܝܢ

Usage notes

Usually, the plural ܢܗܪܐ (nahrē(ʾ)) is a paucal plural (from two to ten) while the plural ܢܗܪܘܬܐ (nahrawwāṯā(ʾ)) is a multiple plural (eleven or more).

Derived terms

• ܢܗܪܘܢܐ

References

• "nhr" in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
• Louis Costaz, Syriac-English Dictionary, 1963, p. 198b
• Marcus Jastrow, A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, 1903
• Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902, p. 330a
• Michael Sokoloff, A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, 2009, p. 894b