Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܢ-ܓ-ܪ (n-ɡ-r) related to prolonging.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [nuɣrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nuɣre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܢܘܓܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܢܘܓܪܐ)

  1. length, duration, long time

Inflection edit

Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.

References edit

  • nwgrˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-29
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 197a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 330b
  • 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. 895a