ܢܚܢܚܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒈾𒄴𒈾𒄭𒂊𒋼 (/⁠naḫnaḫatu⁠/, cartilage) and Arabic نَحْنَحَة (naḥnaḥa).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [nax.nax.tɑː]

Noun

ܢܲܚܢܲܚܬܵܐ • (naḥnaḥtā) f (plural ܢܲܚܢܚܵܬܹ̈ܐ (naḥnḥātē))

  1. (anatomy, immunology) tonsil, throat gland

Inflection

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒈾𒄴𒈾𒄭𒂊𒋼 (/⁠naḫnaḫatu⁠/, cartilage) and Arabic نَحْنَحَة (naḥnaḥa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [naħnaħtɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [naħn(ə)ħɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܢܚܢܚܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܢܚܢܚܬܐ)

  1. (anatomy, immunology) tonsil, throat gland

Inflection

References

  • nḥnḥh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 335b
  • 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. 908a
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