ܢܝܫܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic [Term?], from Middle Persian nyšʾn' (/nīšān/); compare Parthian 𐫗𐫏𐫢𐫀𐫗 (nyšʾn /nīšān/), Persian نشان (nešân) and Hebrew נֵס (nes). Doublet of ܢܝܼܫܲܢܩܵܐ (nīšanqā, “sign, signal”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [niːʃɑː]
Noun
ܢܝܼܫܵܐ • (nīšā) m sg (plural ܢܝܼܫܹ̈ܐ (nīšē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܢܝܼܫ (nīš) | 1st person | ܢܝܼܫܝܼ (nīšī) | ܢܝܼܫܲܢ (nīšan) | |||
| construct | ܢܝܼܫ (nīš) | 2nd person | ܢܝܼܫܘܼܟ݂ (nīšōḵ) | ܢܝܼܫܵܟ݂ܝ (nīšāḵ) | ܢܝܼܫܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nīšawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܢܝܼܫܵܐ (nīšā) | 3rd person | ܢܝܼܫܹܗ (nīšēh) | ܢܝܼܫܵܗ̇ (nīšāh) | ܢܝܼܫܗܘܿܢ (nīšhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܢܝܼܫܝܼ̈ܢ (nīšīn) | 1st person | ܢܝܼܫܝܼ̈ (nīšī) | ܢܝܼܫܲܢ̈ (nīšan) | |||
| construct | ܢܝܼܫܲܝ̈ (nīšay) | 2nd person | ܢܝܼܫܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (nīšōḵ) | ܢܝܼܫܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (nīšāḵ) | ܢܝܼܫܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nīšawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܢܝܼܫܹ̈ܐ (nīšē) | 3rd person | ܢܝܼܫܘܼ̈ܗܝ (nīšūh) | ܢܝܼܫܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (nīšōh) | ܢܝܼܫܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (nīšayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܢܝܼܫܵܝܵܐ (nīšāyā)
- ܒܢܝܼܫܵܐ ܕ- (bnīšā d-)
- ܕܠܵܐ ܢܝܼܫܵܐ (d-lā nīšā)
- ܓܠܝܼܙ ܢܝܼܫܵܐ (glīz nīšā)
Proper noun
ܢܝܼܫܵܐ • (nīšā) f
- a female given name
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Old Persian [Term?]; compare Middle Persian nyšʾn' (/nīšān/), Manichaean Parthian 𐫗𐫏𐫢𐫀𐫗 (nyšʾn /nīšān/), Persian نشان (nešân), Hebrew נֵס (nēs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [niʃɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [niʃe] (plural)
Noun
ܢܝܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܝܫܐ)
- sign, monument, portent, banner
- ensign, symbol, standard, flag
- (astrology) zodiac sign
- signification, sense, point, subject, theme, matter, affair, proposition, argument
- aim, goal, target, objective, end, intention, purpose
- occasion, opportunity
- appearance, design, style, manner, form, rule, plan
- character
- project, example
- (music) meter/metre, mode
- song, poem
- (orthography) diacritical point, mark, accent
- (grammar) noun form
- (astronomy) observation
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܢܝܫ | 1st person | ܢܝܫܝ | ܢܝܫܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܝܫ | 2nd person | ܢܝܫܟ | ܢܝܫܟܝ | ܢܝܫܟܘܢ | ܢܝܫܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܝܫܐ | 3rd person | ܢܝܫܗ | ܢܝܫܗ | ܢܝܫܗܘܢ | ܢܝܫܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܢܝܫܝܢ | 1st person | ܢܝܫܝ | ܢܝܫܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܝܫܝ | 2nd person | ܢܝܫܝܟ | ܢܝܫܝܟܝ | ܢܝܫܝܟܘܢ | ܢܝܫܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܝܫܐ | 3rd person | ܢܝܫܘܗܝ | ܢܝܫܝܗ | ܢܝܫܝܗܘܢ | ܢܝܫܝܗܝܢ | ||
See also
- ܢܝܣܐ
References
- “nyš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 1 June 2011
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 203b–204a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 339a
- 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, pages 916b–917a