ܢܚܝܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܚ-ܪ (n-ḥ-r) related to breathing heavily. Compare Arabic نَخِير (naḵīr) and Hebrew נְחִיר (nəḥîr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [n(ə)ħirɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [n(ə)ħire] (plural)

Noun

ܢܚܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܚܝܪܐ)

1. (anatomy) nose, nostril
2. (figuratively) lamp nozzle; gate bolt, flange

Inflection

    inflection of ܢܚܝܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܢܚܝܪ	ܢܚܝܪܝܢ
construct	ܢܚܝܪ	ܢܚܝܪܝ
emphatic	ܢܚܝܪܐ	ܢܚܝܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܢܚܝܪܝ	ܢܚܝܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܢܚܝܪܟ	ܢܚܝܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܢܚܝܪܟܝ	ܢܚܝܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܢܚܝܪܗ	ܢܚܝܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܢܚܝܪܗ	ܢܚܝܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܢܚܝܪܢ	ܢܚܝܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܢܚܝܪܟܘܢ	ܢܚܝܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܢܚܝܪܟܝܢ	ܢܚܝܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܢܚܝܪܗܘܢ	ܢܚܝܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܢܚܝܪܗܝܢ	ܢܚܝܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “nḥyr”, 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, p. 201b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 335b
• 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. 907b

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Etymology

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Noun

ܢܚܝܪܳܐ • (nḥiro) m

1. (anatomy) nose