ܢܩܘܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܩ-ܫ (n-q-š) related to knocking. Compare Arabic نَاقُوس (nāqūs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɑqoʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nɑqoʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܩܘܫܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܩܘܫܐ)

  1. knocker (one who knocks)
  2. pulsating, throbbing
  3. sound
  4. musician, player
  5. musical instrument
  6. pick, plectrum
  7. clapper, bell, church bell
  8. semantron
  9. pestle
  10. (pathology) ache, pain; illness

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See also

References

  • nqwš”, 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. 214a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 350b
  • 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. 945b
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