ܢܝܫܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Middle Persian nyšʾn' (/nīšān/); compare Parthian 𐫗𐫏𐫢𐫀𐫗 (nyšʾn /nīšān/), Persian نشان (nešân) and Hebrew נֵס (nes). Doublet of ܢܝܼܫܲܢܩܵܐ (nīšanqā, “sign, signal”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܢܝܼܫܵܐ • (nīšā) m sg (plural ܢܝܼܫܹ̈ܐ (nīšē))
Inflection edit
Inflection of ܢܝܼܫܵܐ (nīšā)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܢܝܼܫܝܼ (nīšī) |
ܢܝܼܫܲܢ (nīšan) | ||
| construct | ܢܝܼܫ (nīš) |
2nd person | ܢܝܼܫܘܼܟ݂ (nīšūḵ) |
ܢܝܼܫܵܟ݂ܝ (nīšāḵ) |
ܢܝܼܫܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nīšāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܢܝܼܫܵܐ (nīšā) |
3rd person | ܢܝܼܫܹܗ (nīšēh) |
ܢܝܼܫܵܗ̇ (nīšāh) |
ܢܝܼܫܗܘܿܢ (nīšhōn) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܢܝܼܫܝܼ̈ (nīšī) |
ܢܝܼܫܲܢ̈ (nīšan) | ||
| construct | ܢܝܼܫܲܝ̈ (nīšay) |
2nd person | ܢܝܼܫܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (nīšūḵ) |
ܢܝܼܫܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (nīšāḵ) |
ܢܝܼܫܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nīšāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܢܝܼܫܹ̈ܐ (nīšē) |
3rd person | ܢܝܼܫܘܼ̈ܗܝ (nīšūh) |
ܢܝܼܫ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (nīšōh) |
ܢܝܼܫܗ̈ܘܿܢ (nīšhōn) | ||
Classical Syriac edit
Etymology edit
From Old Persian [Term?]; compare Middle Persian nyšʾn' (/nīšān/), Manichaean Parthian 𐫗𐫏𐫢𐫀𐫗 (nyšʾn /nīšān/), Persian نشان (nešân), Hebrew נֵס (nēs).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܢܝܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܝܫܐ)
- sign, monument, portent, banner
- ensign, symbol, standard, flag
- (astrology) zodiac sign
- signification, sense, point, subject, theme, matter, affair, proposition, argument
- aim, goal, target, objective, end, intention, purpose
- occasion, opportunity
- appearance, design, style, manner, form, rule, plan
- character
- project, example
- (music) meter/metre, mode
- song, poem
- (orthography) diacritical point, mark, accent
- (grammar) noun form
- (astronomy) observation
Inflection edit
inflection of ܢܝܫܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܢܝܫ | ܢܝܫܝܢ |
| construct | ܢܝܫ | ܢܝܫܝ |
| emphatic | ܢܝܫܐ | ܢܝܫܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܢܝܫܝ | ܢܝܫܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܢܝܫܟ | ܢܝܫܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܢܝܫܟܝ | ܢܝܫܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܢܝܫܗ | ܢܝܫܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܢܝܫܗ | ܢܝܫܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܢܝܫܢ | ܢܝܫܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܢܝܫܟܘܢ | ܢܝܫܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܢܝܫܟܝܢ | ܢܝܫܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܢܝܫܗܘܢ | ܢܝܫܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܢܝܫܗܝܢ | ܢܝܫܝܗܝܢ |
See also edit
References edit
- “nyš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-01
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 203b-204a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 339a
- 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. 916b-917a