ܢܝܙܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Old Persian *𐎴𐎡𐏀𐎣 (*n-i-z-k /⁠naizaka-⁠/), borrowed from Old Median *náyzakam, from Proto-Iranian *náyjakam, derived from *náyjam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náyȷ́žʰam (“spear, sharp tip”).

Compare Middle Persian nyck' (nēzag), Persian نیزه (neyze, nêza), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀- (naēza-), and Arabic نَيْزَك (nayzak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [najz(ə)xɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [najz(ə)xe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܝܙܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܝܙܟܐ)

1. spear, lance, javelin
2. (astronomy) meteor, shooting star

Inflection

    inflection of ܢܝܙܟܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܢܝܙܟ	ܢܝܙܟܝܢ
construct	ܢܝܙܟ	ܢܝܙܟܝ
emphatic	ܢܝܙܟܐ	ܢܝܙܟܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܢܝܙܟܝ	ܢܝܙܟܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܢܝܙܟܟ	ܢܝܙܟܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܢܝܙܟܟܝ	ܢܝܙܟܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܢܝܙܟܗ	ܢܝܙܟܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܢܝܙܟܗ	ܢܝܙܟܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܢܝܙܟܢ	ܢܝܙܟܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܢܝܙܟܟܘܢ	ܢܝܙܟܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܢܝܙܟܟܝܢ	ܢܝܙܟܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܢܝܙܟܗܘܢ	ܢܝܙܟܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܢܝܙܟܗܝܢ	ܢܝܙܟܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܢܝܙܟܘܢܐ
• ܢܝܙܟܢܐ

References

• “nyzk”, 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. 203b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 338a
• 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. 914a