ناووس

Arabic

Alternative forms

نَاؤُوس (nāʔūs)

Etymology

From perhaps both Classical Syriac ܢܘܫܐ (nawšã, “coffin, sarcophagus; tomb, sepulchre”) and 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 with 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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