ܢܥܡܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܢ ܥ ܡ (n ˁ m)
3 terms
ܢܥܡܐ

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac. Outside Aramaic only found in Arabic نَعَام (naʕām), Safaitic 𐪌𐪒𐪃 (nʿm /⁠naʿām⁠/), and Mishnaic Hebrew נָעֳמִית (nāʿŏmîṯ).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [naʕʕaːmaː]

Noun

ܢܲܥܵܡܵܐ • (naˁāmā) m sg (plural ܢܲܥܵܡܹ̈ܐ (naˁāmē), feminine ܢܲܥܵܡܬܵܐ (naˁāmtā))

  1. ostrich
    • Lamentations 4:3:
      ܐܘܼܦ ܝܵܪܘܿܪܹ̈ܐ ܚܠܝܼܨ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܒܸܙܵܐ، ܡܘܼܡܸܨ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܙܲܥܝܵܝ̈ܗܝ. ܒܪܵܬܵܐ ܕܛܵܝܸܦܝܼ ܠܡܵܚܘܿܬܵܐ ܕܐܵܣܝܘܼܬܵܐ، ܘܐܲܝܟ݂ ܢܲܥܵܡܹ̈ܐ ܓܵܘ ܒܲܪܝܼܵܐ.
      ūp yārōrē ḥlīṣ lhōn bizzā, mūmiṣ lhōn zaˁyāyh. brātā dṭāyipī lmāḥōtā d-āsyūtā, w-ayḵ naˁāmē gāw barīyā.
      Even the jackals draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Inflection

Etymology 2

Ultimately borrowed from Arabic نِعْمَة (niʕma).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [naʕ.meː]

Noun

ܢܲܥܡܹ̈ܐ • (naˁmē) f pl (plural only)

  1. grace, blessing, benefit
    Synonym: ܛܲܝܒܘܼܬܵܐ (ṭaybūtā)
Inflection

Proper noun

ܢܲܥܡܹܐ • (naˁmē) f

  1. a female given name

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Outside Aramaic only found in Arabic نَعَام (naʕām), Safaitic 𐪌𐪒𐪃 (nʿm /⁠naʿām⁠/), and Mishnaic Hebrew נָעֳמִית (nāʿŏmîṯ).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [naʕˈʕɑ.mɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [naʕˈʕɑ.mɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [nɑˈʕo.mo]

Noun

ܢܥܡܐ • (naʿʿāmā) m (plural ܢܥܡܐ (naʿʿāmē))

  1. ostrich
    Synonyms: ܟܢܦܝ ܫܒܚܝܢ, ܥܢܩܐ ܕܪܘܚܐ
    • Peshitta, Lamentations 4:3:
      ܓܠܝ̈ ܐܝܟ ܝܪܘܪ̈ܐ ܬܕܝܗܝ̈ܢ: ܘܐܝܢܩ ܓܪ̈ܝܗܝܢ. ܗܘܬ ܒܪܬ ܥܡܝ ܠܡܚܘܬܐ ܕܠܝܬ ܠܗ̇ ܐܣܝܘܬܐ: ܘܐܝܟ ܢܥܡܐ ܒܡܕܒܪܐ.
      gəlay ʾāḵ yārōrē ṯəḏayhēn wə-ʾayneq gərayhēn: həwāṯ ba[r]ṯ ʿam[y] la-məḥōṯā ḏə-layt lāh ʾāsyūṯā, wə-ʾāḵ naʿʿāmā ḇə-maḏbərā.
      Even the jackals draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [nɛʕ.mɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [nɪʕ.mɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [neʕ.mo]

Noun

ܢܥܡܐ • (neʿmā) m (plural ܢܥܡܐ (neʿmē))

  1. Alternative form of ܢܥܡܬܐ (neʿmṯā, voice or tone in singing etc.)
Inflection

References

  • nˁm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-10-02
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 207a
  • Löw, Immanuel (1911) “Lexikalische Miszellen”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 25, pages 190–193, Nr. 5
  • 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
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