Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܢ-ܩ-ܫ (n-q-š) related to knocking. Compare Arabic نَاقُوس (nāqūs).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [nɑqoʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nɑqoʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܢܩܘܫܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܢܩܘܫܐ)

  1. knocker (one who knocks)
  2. pulsating, throbbing
  3. sound
  4. musician, player
  5. musical instrument
  6. pick, plectrum
  7. clapper, bell, church bell
  8. semantron
  9. pestle
  10. (pathology) ache, pain; illness

Inflection edit

See also edit

References edit

  • nqwš”, 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. 214a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 350b
  • 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. 945b