ܢܘܠܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From a Middle Iranian term continued as Persian نول (nōl, “the outer part of the mouth; a beak, bill; a spout; the neck of a bottle; tube, channel; anything on which one leans or is supported; a whirlpool, vortex”).[1] The Hebrew נוּל (nūl) is even later loaned from Judaeo-Aramaic where it means “loom”.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nawlɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [nawle] (plural)
Noun
ܢܘܠܐ • (nawlā) m (plural ܢܘܠܐ (nawlā))
- beam (of a loom)
- weft, woof
- web
Inflection
inflection of ܢܘܠܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܢܘܠ | ܢܘܠܝܢ |
| construct | ܢܘܠ | ܢܘܠܝ |
| emphatic | ܢܘܠܐ | ܢܘܠܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܢܘܠܝ | ܢܘܠܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܢܘܠܟ | ܢܘܠܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܢܘܠܟܝ | ܢܘܠܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܢܘܠܗ | ܢܘܠܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܢܘܠܗ | ܢܘܠܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܢܘܠܢ | ܢܘܠܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܢܘܠܟܘܢ | ܢܘܠܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܢܘܠܟܝܢ | ܢܘܠܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܢܘܠܗܘܢ | ܢܘܠܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܢܘܠܗܝܢ | ܢܘܠܝܗܝܢ |
Descendants
- → Arabic: نَوْل (nawl)
References
- “nwl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, pages 420a–b
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 200a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 332b
- 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 899b
- Corriente, Federico; Pereira, Christophe; Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017) Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, page 1299
- Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 408b