ܢܥܡܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
Outside Aramaic only found in Arabic نَعَام (naʿām), 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))
- 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
inflection of ܢܥܡܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܢܥܡ | ܢܥܡܝܢ |
| construct | ܢܥܡ | ܢܥܡܝ |
| emphatic | ܢܥܡܐ | ܢܥܡܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܢܥܡܝ | ܢܥܡܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܢܥܡܟ | ܢܥܡܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܢܥܡܟܝ | ܢܥܡܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܢܥܡܗ | ܢܥܡܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܢܥܡܗ | ܢܥܡܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܢܥܡܢ | ܢܥܡܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܢܥܡܟܘܢ | ܢܥܡܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܢܥܡܟܝܢ | ܢܥܡܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܢܥܡܗܘܢ | ܢܥܡܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܢܥܡܗܝܢ | ܢܥܡܝܗܝܢ |
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))
- Alternative form of ܢܥܡܬܐ (neʿmṯā, “voice or tone in singing etc.”)
Inflection
inflection of ܢܥܡܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܢܥܡ | ܢܥܡܝܢ |
| construct | ܢܥܡ | ܢܥܡܝ |
| emphatic | ܢܥܡܐ | ܢܥܡܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܢܥܡܝ | ܢܥܡܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܢܥܡܟ | ܢܥܡܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܢܥܡܟܝ | ܢܥܡܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܢܥܡܗ | ܢܥܡܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܢܥܡܗ | ܢܥܡܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܢܥܡܢ | ܢܥܡܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܢܥܡܟܘܢ | ܢܥܡܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܢܥܡܟܝܢ | ܢܥܡܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܢܥܡܗܘܢ | ܢܥܡܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܢܥܡܗܝܢ | ܢܥܡܝܗܝܢ |
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