ناووس

Arabic

Alternative forms

نَاؤُوس‎ (nāʾūs)

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܢܘܣܐ‎ (nawsā, “charnel, repository for the dead”), derived from Ancient Greek νᾱός (nāós, “innermost part of a temple, sanctuary, or shrine”); applied historically by Greek sources to describe the burial chamber and sarcophagus found in the innermost of a Pyramid.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /naː.wuːs/

Noun

نَاوُوس • (nāwūs) m (plural نَوَاوِيس‎ (nawāwīs))

sarcophagus, coffin
burial place, tomb
1. Christian graveyard

Declension

Declension of noun نَاوُوس (nāwūs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَاوُوس nāwūs	النَّاوُوس‎ an-nāwūs	نَاوُوس nāwūs
Nominative	نَاوُوسٌ nāwūsun	النَّاوُوسُ‎ an-nāwūsu	نَاوُوسُ nāwūsu
Accusative	نَاوُوسًا‎ nāwūsan	النَّاوُوسَ‎ an-nāwūsa	نَاوُوسَ nāwūsa
Genitive	نَاوُوسٍ nāwūsin	النَّاوُوسِ‎ an-nāwūsi	نَاوُوسِ nāwūsi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَاوُوسَيْن‎ nāwūsayn	النَّاوُوسَيْن‎ an-nāwūsayn	نَاوُوسَيْ‎ nāwūsay
Nominative	نَاوُوسَانِ‎ nāwūsāni	النَّاوُوسَانِ‎ an-nāwūsāni	نَاوُوسَا‎ nāwūsā
Accusative	نَاوُوسَيْنِ‎ nāwūsayni	النَّاوُوسَيْنِ‎ an-nāwūsayni	نَاوُوسَيْ‎ nāwūsay
Genitive	نَاوُوسَيْنِ‎ nāwūsayni	النَّاوُوسَيْنِ‎ an-nāwūsayni	نَاوُوسَيْ‎ nāwūsay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوَاوِيس‎ nawāwīs	النَّوَاوِيس‎ an-nawāwīs	نَوَاوِيس‎ nawāwīs
Nominative	نَوَاوِيسُ‎ nawāwīsu	النَّوَاوِيسُ‎ an-nawāwīsu	نَوَاوِيسُ‎ nawāwīsu
Accusative	نَوَاوِيسَ‎ nawāwīsa	النَّوَاوِيسَ‎ an-nawāwīsa	نَوَاوِيسَ‎ nawāwīsa
Genitive	نَوَاوِيسَ‎ nawāwīsa	النَّوَاوِيسِ‎ an-nawāwīsi	نَوَاوِيسِ‎ nawāwīsi

References

Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “ناووس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1328

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