ܢܝܙܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Old Persian *𐎴𐎡𐏀𐎣 (naizaka-). Compare Middle Persian nyck' (nēzag), Persian نیزه (neyze, nēza), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 (naēza-), and Arabic نَيْزَك (nayzak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [najz(ə)xɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [najz(ə)xe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܝܙܟܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܝܙܟܐ)

  1. spear, lance, javelin
  2. (astronomy) meteor, shooting star

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܢܝܙܟܘܢܐ
  • ܢܝܙܟܢܐ

References

  • nyzk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 203b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 338a
  • 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, p. 914a
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