ܢܫܡܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܢ ܫ ܡ (n š m) |
| 2 terms |
Of the noun pattern 1a23ṯā, inherited from Aramaic [Term?]; compare Arabic نَسَمَة (nasama) and Hebrew נְשָׁמָה (neshamá).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܢܫܲܡܬ݂ܵܐ • (nšamṯā) f (plural ܢܸܫ̈ܡܵܬ݂ܵܐ (nišmāṯā))
- breath
- ܫܡܝܼܥ ܠܝܼ ܢܫܲܡܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܪܲܗܵܛܵܐ.
- šmīˁ lī nšamṯā d-rahhāṭā.
- I heard the breath of the runner.
- (figurative) wiff, waft, breeze, wind
- Synonym: ܦܲܘܚܵܐ (pawḥā)
- ܢܸܫ̈ܡܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܡܸܢ ܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ. ― nišmāṯā min nīnwē. ― Breezes from Nineveh.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܢܫܲܡܵܐ (nšammā) | 1st person | ܢܫܲܡܬ݂ܝܼ (nšamṯī) | ܢܫܲܡܬ݂ܲܢ (nšamṯan) | |||
| construct | ܢܫܲܡܲܬ݂ (nšammaṯ) | 2nd person | ܢܫܲܡܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (nšamṯōḵ) | ܢܫܲܡܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (nšamṯāḵ) | ܢܫܲܡܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nšamṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܢܫܲܡܬ݂ܵܐ (nšamṯā) | 3rd person | ܢܫܲܡܬ݂ܹܗ (nšamṯēh) | ܢܫܲܡܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (nšamṯāh) | ܢܫܲܡܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (nšamṯhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܢܸܫܡܵܢ (nišmān) | 1st person | ܢܸܫܡܵܬ݂ܝܼ (nišmāṯī) | ܢܸܫܡܵܬ݂ܲܢ (nišmāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܢܸܫܡܵܬ݂ (nišmāṯ) | 2nd person | ܢܸܫܡܵܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (nišmāṯōḵ) | ܢܸܫܡܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (nišmāṯāḵ) | ܢܸܫܡܵܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nišmāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܢܸܫܡܵܬ݂ܵܐ (nišmāṯā) | 3rd person | ܢܸܫܡܵܬ݂ܹܗ (nišmāṯēh) | ܢܸܫܡܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (nišmāṯāh) | ܢܸܫܡܵܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (nišmāṯhōn) | |||
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܢ ܫ ܡ related to breathing. Compare Arabic نَسَمَة (nasama) and Hebrew נְשָׁמָה (nəšāmâ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [n(ə)ʃam(ə)θɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [nɛʃmɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܢܫܡܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܢܫܡܬܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܢܫܡ | 1st person | ܢܫܡܝ | ܢܫܡܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܫܡ | 2nd person | ܢܫܡܟ | ܢܫܡܟܝ | ܢܫܡܟܘܢ | ܢܫܡܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܫܡܐ | 3rd person | ܢܫܡܗ | ܢܫܡܗ | ܢܫܡܗܘܢ | ܢܫܡܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܢܫܡܝܢ | 1st person | ܢܫܡܝ | ܢܫܡܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܫܡܝ | 2nd person | ܢܫܡܝܟ | ܢܫܡܝܟܝ | ܢܫܡܝܟܘܢ | ܢܫܡܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܫܡܐ | 3rd person | ܢܫܡܘܗܝ | ܢܫܡܝܗ | ܢܫܡܝܗܘܢ | ܢܫܡܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “nšmh”, 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 215a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 354a
- 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 954a