Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܢ-ܣ-ܐ (n-s-ʾ) related to tempting. Compare Hebrew נִסָּיוֹן (nissāyôn).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [nɛsjonɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nɛsjone(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܢܣܝܘܢܐ (nesyōnām (plural ܢܣܝܘܢܐ)

  1. temptation, trial
  2. (pathology) sickness, illness

Inflection edit

References edit

  • nsywn”, 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. 206a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 342a
  • 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. 925b