ܢܝܙܟܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Old Persian *naizakah, borrowed from Old Median *náyzakam, from Proto-Iranian *náyjakam, derived from *náyjam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náyȷ́žʰam (“spear, sharp tip”).
Compare Middle Persian nyck' (nēzag), Persian نیزه (neyze), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀- (naēza-), and Arabic نَيْزَك (nayzak).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [naj.zəxɑː]
Noun
ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܵܐ • (nayzḵā) m sg (plural ܢܲܝ̈ܙܟ݂ܹܐ (nayzḵē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܢܲܝܙܲܟ݂ (nayzaḵ) | 1st person | ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܝܼ (nayzḵī) | ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܲܢ (nayzḵan) | |||
| construct | ܢܲܝܙܲܟ݂ (nayzaḵ) | 2nd person | ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (nayzḵōḵ) | ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (nayzḵāḵ) | ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nayzḵawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܵܐ (nayzḵā) | 3rd person | ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܹܗ (nayzḵēh) | ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܵܗ̇ (nayzḵāh) | ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܗܘܿܢ (nayzḵhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܝܼ̈ܢ (nayzḵīn) | 1st person | ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܝܼ̈ (nayzḵī) | ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܲܢ̈ (nayzḵan) | |||
| construct | ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܲܝ̈ (nayzḵay) | 2nd person | ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (nayzḵōḵ) | ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (nayzḵāḵ) | ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nayzḵawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܹ̈ܐ (nayzḵē) | 3rd person | ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܘܼ̈ܗܝ (nayzḵūh) | ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (nayzḵōh) | ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (nayzḵayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܘܿܢܵܐ (nayzḵōnā)
- ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܵܢܵܐ (nayzḵānā)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Old Persian *naizakah, borrowed from Old Median *náyzakam, from Proto-Iranian *náyjakam, derived from *náyjam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náyȷ́žʰam (“spear, sharp tip”).
Compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (nyck' /nēzag/), Persian نیزه (neyze, nêza), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀- (naēza-), and Arabic نَيْزَك (nayzak).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [najz(ə)xɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [najz(ə)xe] (plural)
Noun
ܢܝܙܟܐ • (nayzəḵā) m (plural ܢܝܙܟܐ (nayzəḵē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܢܝܙܟ | 1st person | ܢܝܙܟܝ | ܢܝܙܟܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܝܙܟ | 2nd person | ܢܝܙܟܟ | ܢܝܙܟܟܝ | ܢܝܙܟܟܘܢ | ܢܝܙܟܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܝܙܟܐ | 3rd person | ܢܝܙܟܗ | ܢܝܙܟܗ | ܢܝܙܟܗܘܢ | ܢܝܙܟܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܢܝܙܟܝܢ | 1st person | ܢܝܙܟܝ | ܢܝܙܟܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܝܙܟܝ | 2nd person | ܢܝܙܟܝܟ | ܢܝܙܟܝܟܝ | ܢܝܙܟܝܟܘܢ | ܢܝܙܟܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܝܙܟܐ | 3rd person | ܢܝܙܟܘܗܝ | ܢܝܙܟܝܗ | ܢܝܙܟܝܗܘܢ | ܢܝܙܟܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
- ܢܝܙܟܘܢܐ (nayzəḵōnā)
- ܢܝܙܟܢܐ (nayzəḵānā)
References
- “nyzk”, 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, page 203b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 338a
- 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, →ISBN, page 914a