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