ܢܘܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νᾱός (nāós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nawsɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nawse] (plural)

Noun

ܢܘܣܐ • (nawsā) m (plural ܢܘܣܐ (nawsē))

  1. temple, sanctuary, shrine, charnel
  2. (architecture) nave
  3. idol
  4. reliquary, case, chest
  5. fortress, citadel

Inflection

References

  • nws”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 200a–b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 333a
  • 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, page 333a
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