Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܢ-ܥ-ܪ (n-ʿ-r) related to growling.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ܢܥܘܪܐ (nāʿōrām (plural ܢܥܘܪܐ (nāʿōrē), singular feminine counterpart ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtā))

  1. growler, roarer
  2. water wheel, noria

Inflection

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References

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  • nˁwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 343a
  • 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 928a