ܢܘܒܪܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ ܒ ܪ ܫ, related to kindling, from ܢܒܪܫܬܐ (naḇreštā, “candelabrum”), either from Old Persian [Term?] (/⁠*nibrāšti-⁠/) or from Akkadian 𒈾𒀊𒇺 (/⁠nabliš⁠/, “like a flame, like a light or flash”); compare Arabic نِبْرَاس (nibrās).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nuvˈrɑ.ʃɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nuvˈrɑ.ʃe] (plural)

Noun

ܢܘܒܪܫܐ • (nūḇrāšā) m (plural ܢܘܒܪܫܐ)

1. flame, fire

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܘܒܪܫܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܘܒܪܫ		1st person	ܢܘܒܪܫܝ		ܢܘܒܪܫܢ
	construct	ܢܘܒܪܫ		2nd person	ܢܘܒܪܫܟ	ܢܘܒܪܫܟܝ	ܢܘܒܪܫܟܘܢ	ܢܘܒܪܫܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܘܒܪܫܐ		3rd person	ܢܘܒܪܫܗ	ܢܘܒܪܫܗ	ܢܘܒܪܫܗܘܢ	ܢܘܒܪܫܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܘܒܪܫܝܢ		1st person	ܢܘܒܪܫܝ		ܢܘܒܪܫܝܢ
	construct	ܢܘܒܪܫܝ		2nd person	ܢܘܒܪܫܝܟ	ܢܘܒܪܫܝܟܝ	ܢܘܒܪܫܝܟܘܢ	ܢܘܒܪܫܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܘܒܪܫܐ		3rd person	ܢܘܒܪܫܘܗܝ	ܢܘܒܪܫܝܗ	ܢܘܒܪܫܝܗܘܢ	ܢܘܒܪܫܝܗܝܢ

References

• “nwbrš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-06-17
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 196a
• 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, →ISBN, page 894b