ܢܘܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Possibly related to ܢܦܫܐ (nap̄šā, “soul; funerary monument”), but compare ܢܘܣܐ (nawsā, “charnel, repository for dead; case, chest”), and for parallel semantic developments Latin loculus, German Kiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nawʃɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nawʃe] (plural)

Noun

ܢܘܫܐ • (nawšã) m (plural ܢܘܫܐ (nawšē))

1. sarcophagus

   Synonyms: ܓܘܪܢܐ (gūrnā), ܫܩܐ (šāqā)

2. tomb, sepulchre

Inflection

    inflection of ܢܘܫܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܢܘܫ	ܢܘܫܝܢ
construct	ܢܘܫ	ܢܘܫܝ
emphatic	ܢܘܫܐ	ܢܘܫܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܢܘܫܝ	ܢܘܫܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܢܘܫܟ	ܢܘܫܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܢܘܫܟܝ	ܢܘܫܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܢܘܫܗ	ܢܘܫܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܢܘܫܗ	ܢܘܫܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܢܘܫܢ	ܢܘܫܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܢܘܫܟܘܢ	ܢܘܫܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܢܘܫܟܝܢ	ܢܘܫܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܢܘܫܗܘܢ	ܢܘܫܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܢܘܫܗܝܢ	ܢܘܫܝܗܝܢ

References

• “nwš”, 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, page 200b
• 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, page 905a