ܢܘܟܪܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܟ-ܪ-ܝ (n-k-r-y) related to keeping away; compare Hebrew נָכְרִי (noḵrî).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nuxˈrɑ.jɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nuxˈrɑ.je] (plural)

Adjective

ܢܘܟܪܝܐ • (nūḵrāyā) m (plural ܢܘܟܪܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܢܘܟܪܝܬܐ)

1. strange, unusual
2. foreign, alien, alienated
3. other

Inflection

    declension of ܢܘܟܪܝܐ

masculine	singular	plural
absolute	ܢܘܟܪܝ	ܢܘܟܪܝܝܢ
construct	ܢܘܟܪܝ	ܢܘܟܪܝܝ
emphatic	ܢܘܟܪܝܐ	ܢܘܟܪܝܐ
feminine	singular	plural
absolute	ܢܘܟܪܝܐ	ܢܘܟܪܝܢ
construct	ܢܘܟܪܝܬ	ܢܘܟܪܝܬ
emphatic	ܢܘܟܪܝܬܐ	ܢܘܟܪܝܬܐ

Noun

ܢܘܟܪܝܐ • (nūḵrāyā) m (plural ܢܘܟܪܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܢܘܟܪܝܬܐ)

1. stranger
2. foreigner, alien
3. separation, forsaking

Inflection

    inflection of ܢܘܟܪܝܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܢܘܟܪܝ	ܢܘܟܪܝܝܢ
construct	ܢܘܟܪܝ	ܢܘܟܪܝܝ
emphatic	ܢܘܟܪܝܐ	ܢܘܟܪܝܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܢܘܟܪܝܝ	ܢܘܟܪܝܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܢܘܟܪܝܟ	ܢܘܟܪܝܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܢܘܟܪܝܟܝ	ܢܘܟܪܝܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܢܘܟܪܝܗ	ܢܘܟܪܝܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܢܘܟܪܝܗ	ܢܘܟܪܝܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܢܘܟܪܝܢ	ܢܘܟܪܝܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܢܘܟܪܝܟܘܢ	ܢܘܟܪܝܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܢܘܟܪܝܟܝܢ	ܢܘܟܪܝܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܢܘܟܪܝܗܘܢ	ܢܘܟܪܝܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܢܘܟܪܝܗܝܢ	ܢܘܟܪܝܝܗܝܢ

References

• “nwkry”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-07
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 205a, b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 332a
• 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. 899a