ܢܩܘܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܩ-ܫ (n-q-š) related to knocking. Compare Arabic نَاقُوس (nāqūs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɑqoʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nɑqoʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܩܘܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܩܘܫܐ)

1. knocker (one who knocks)
2. pulsating, throbbing
3. sound
4. musician, player
5. musical instrument
6. pick, plectrum
7. clapper, bell, church bell
8. semantron
9. pestle
10. (pathology) ache, pain; illness

Inflection

    inflection of ܢܩܘܫܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܢܩܘܫ	ܢܩܘܫܝܢ
construct	ܢܩܘܫ	ܢܩܘܫܝ
emphatic	ܢܩܘܫܐ	ܢܩܘܫܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܢܩܘܫܝ	ܢܩܘܫܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܢܩܘܫܟ	ܢܩܘܫܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܢܩܘܫܟܝ	ܢܩܘܫܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܢܩܘܫܗ	ܢܩܘܫܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܢܩܘܫܗ	ܢܩܘܫܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܢܩܘܫܢ	ܢܩܘܫܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܢܩܘܫܟܘܢ	ܢܩܘܫܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܢܩܘܫܟܝܢ	ܢܩܘܫܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܢܩܘܫܗܘܢ	ܢܩܘܫܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܢܩܘܫܗܝܢ	ܢܩܘܫܝܗܝܢ

See also

• ܙܓܐ

References

• “nqwš”, 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. 214a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 350b
• 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. 945b