Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܢ-ܩ-ܫ (n-q-š) related to knocking or beating.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [nɑqɛʃtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nɑqʃɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܢܩܫܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܢܩܫܬܐ)

  1. (grammar) vocalization
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܢ-ܩ-ܫ (n-q-š) related to knocking or beating.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [n(ə)qɑʃtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [n(ə)qɑʃɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܢܩܫܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܢܩܫܬܐ)

  1. beat, pulse
  2. beating, knocking
  3. (grammar, phonetics) vowel, syllable
Inflection edit

References edit

  • nqšh”, 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. 214b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 353a
  • 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. 951a