Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܢ-ܘ-ܪ (n-w-r) related to illuminating. Compare Arabic نَوْرَة (nawra) and Hebrew נוֹרָה (nôrâ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [nurtɑ], [n(ə)wɑrtɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nurɑθɑ], [n(ə)wɑrɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun edit

ܢܘܪܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܢܘܪܬܐ)

  1. hay
  2. flower; ranunculus, crowfoot
  3. arsenic
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [nawwɑrtɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nawwɑrɑθɑ] (plural)

Adjective edit

ܢܘܪܬܐ (transliteration needed)

  1. feminine emphatic singular of ܢܘܪܐ
  2. feminine emphatic plural of ܢܘܪܐ

References edit

  • nwrh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-01
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 334b
  • 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. 905a