ܢܗܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܢ ܗ ܪ (n h r)
3 terms
ܢܗܪܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic נַהֲרָא (nahărā), from Proto-Semitic *nahar- (river); compare Arabic نَهْر (nahr), Hebrew נָהָר (nahár) and Akkadian 𒀀𒇉 (nārum).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [nah.rɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [naː.rɑː]

Noun

ܢܲܗܪܵܐ • (nahrā) m (plural ܢܲܗܪܵܘܵܬܹܐ (nahrāwātē))

  1. river

Inflection

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Root
ܢ ܗ ܪ
1 term

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *nahar- (river). Cognate with Arabic نَهْر (nahr) and Hebrew נָהָר (nahár).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nahrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nahre(ʔ)], [nahrawwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܗܪܐ • (nahrā) m (plural ܢܗܪܘܬܐ or ܢܗܪܐ)

  1. river, stream
    Synonym: ܫܚܠܐ
  2. branch of a river
  3. canal

Usage notes

Usually, the plural ܢܗܪܐ (nahrē(ʾ)) is a paucal plural (from two to ten) while the plural ܢܗܪܘܬܐ (nahrawwāṯā(ʾ)) is a multiple plural (eleven or more).

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܢܗܪܘܢܐ
  • ܢܗܪܝܐ
  • ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ
  • ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܘܬܐ
  • ܡܨܥܬ ܢܗܪܘܬܐ
  • ܥܒܪ ܢܗܪܐ
  • ܢܗܪ

Proper noun

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ܢܗܪܐ • (nahrā)

  1. the Euphrates
    Synonym: ܦܪܬ

References

  • nhr”, 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. 198b
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 330a
  • 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. 894b
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