ܢܚܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic نُحَاس (nuḥās) and Hebrew נְחֹשֶׁת (nəḥōšeṯ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [n(ə)ħɑʃɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܢܚܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. copper
  2. any alloy of copper (bronze, brass, etc.)
Inflection
Derived terms
  • ܢܚܫܝܐ
  • ܢܚܫܐ ܠܒܢܝܐ
  • ܢܚܫܐ ܩܘܪܢܬܝܐ

Etymology 2

Modified from above. Compare Arabic نَحَّاس (naḥḥās).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [naħħɑʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [naħħɑʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܚܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܚܫܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܢܚܫܬܐ)

  1. coppersmith, brazier
Inflection

Etymology 3

Compare Hebrew נַחַשׁ (náḥaš).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɛħʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nɛħʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܚܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܚܫܐ)

  1. augury, divination, soothsaying, fortune telling
Inflection

Etymology 4

Modified from above.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɑħʃɑ(ʔ)], [naħħɑʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nɑħʃe(ʔ)], [naħħɑʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܚܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܚܫܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܢܚܫܬܐ)

  1. augur, diviner, soothsayer, fortune teller
Inflection

References

  • nḥš”, 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. 336a
  • 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, pp. 908b-909a
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