ܢܝܫܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Middle Persian nyšʾn' (/⁠nīšān⁠/); compare Parthian 𐫗𐫏𐫢𐫀𐫗 (nyšʾn /⁠nīšān⁠/), Persian نشان (nešân) and Hebrew נֵס (nes). Doublet of ܢܝܼܫܲܢܩܵܐ (nīšanqā, “sign, signal”).

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [niːʃɑː]

Noun

ܢܝܼܫܵܐ • (nīšā) m sg (plural ܢܝܼܫܹ̈ܐ (nīšē))

  1. target, object, aim, end
  2. objective, purpose, design, intention
  3. goal
  4. (sports) goal

Inflection
Inflection of ܢܝܼܫܵܐ (nīšā)
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute – 1st person ܢܝܼܫܝܼ
(nīšī)		 ܢܝܼܫܲܢ
(nīšan)
construct ܢܝܼܫ
(nīš)		 2nd person ܢܝܼܫܘܼܟ݂
(nīšūḵ)		 ܢܝܼܫܵܟ݂ܝ
(nīšāḵ)		 ܢܝܼܫܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(nīšāwḵōn)
emphatic ܢܝܼܫܵܐ
(nīšā)		 3rd person ܢܝܼܫܹܗ
(nīšēh)		 ܢܝܼܫܵܗ̇
(nīšāh)		 ܢܝܼܫܗܘܿܢ
(nīšhōn)
plural absolute – 1st person ܢܝܼܫܝܼ̈
(nīšī)		 ܢܝܼܫܲܢ̈
(nīšan)
construct ܢܝܼܫܲܝ̈
(nīšay)		 2nd person ܢܝܼܫܘܼ̈ܟ݂
(nīšūḵ)		 ܢܝܼܫܵܟ݂ܝ̈
(nīšāḵ)		 ܢܝܼܫܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(nīšāwḵōn)
emphatic ܢܝܼܫܹ̈ܐ
(nīšē)		 3rd person ܢܝܼܫܘܼ̈ܗܝ
(nīšūh)		 ܢܝܼܫ̈ܘܿܗ̇
(nīšōh)		 ܢܝܼܫܗ̈ܘܿܢ
(nīšhōn)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Old Persian [Term?]; compare Middle Persian nyšʾn' (/⁠nīšān⁠/), Manichaean Parthian 𐫗𐫏𐫢𐫀𐫗 (nyšʾn /⁠nīšān⁠/), Persian نشان (nešân), Hebrew נֵס (nēs).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [niʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [niʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܝܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܝܫܐ)

  1. sign, monument, portent, banner
  2. ensign, symbol, standard, flag
  3. (astrology) zodiac sign
  4. signification, sense, point, subject, theme, matter, affair, proposition, argument
  5. aim, goal, target, objective, end, intention, purpose
  6. occasion, opportunity
  7. appearance, design, style, manner, form, rule, plan
  8. character
  9. project, example
  10. (music) meter/metre, mode
  11. song, poem
  12. (orthography) diacritical point, mark, accent
  13. (grammar) noun form
  14. (astronomy) observation

Inflection
    inflection of ܢܝܫܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܢܝܫ ܢܝܫܝܢ
construct ܢܝܫ ܢܝܫܝ
emphatic ܢܝܫܐ ܢܝܫܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܢܝܫܝ ܢܝܫܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܢܝܫܟ ܢܝܫܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܢܝܫܟܝ ܢܝܫܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܢܝܫܗ ܢܝܫܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܢܝܫܗ ܢܝܫܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܢܝܫܢ ܢܝܫܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܢܝܫܟܘܢ ܢܝܫܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܢܝܫܟܝܢ ܢܝܫܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܢܝܫܗܘܢ ܢܝܫܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܢܝܫܗܝܢ ܢܝܫܝܗܝܢ

See also
  • ܢܝܣܐ

References
  • “nyš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-01
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 203b-204a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 339a
  • 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, pp. 916b-917a
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