ܢܝܚܐ

Compare Hebrew נוֹחַ (nóakh, “comfortable, easy”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [niːxɑː]

ܢܝܼܚܵܐ • (nīḥā) (feminine ܢܝܼܚܬܵܐ (nīḥtā), plural ܢܝܼܚܹ̈ܐ (nīḥē))

1. slow

   Synonym: ܡܲܬܝܼܢܵܐ (matīnā)

   Antonyms: ܩܲܠܘܼܠܵܐ (qalūlā), ܡܣܲܪܗܒ݂ܵܐ (msarhḇā)

2. quiet, still, calm

   Synonyms: ܗܲܕܝܼܐܵܐ (hadīˀā), ܫܸܠܝܵܐ (šilyā), ܫܬܝܼܩܵܐ (štīqā)

• ܢܝܼܚܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (nīḥūṯā, “slowness”)
• ܢܝܼܚܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (nīḥāˀīṯ, “slowly”)

ܢܝܼܚܵܐ • (nīḥā)

1. slowly, easily

   Synonyms: ܗܹܕܝܼ (hēdī), ܡܲܬܝܼܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (matīnāˀīṯ)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• ܢܝܼܚܵܐ:
  • (standard) IPA^(key): [niːxɑː]
• ܢܝܵܚܵܐ:
  • (standard) IPA^(key): [nəjɑːxɑː]

ܢܝܼܚܵܐ • (nīḥā) (feminine ܢܝܼܚܬܵܐ (niḥtā), plural ܢܝܼܚܹ̈ܐ (nīḥē))

1. past participle of ܢܵܐܹܚ (nāˀēḥ, “to rest”)

ܢܝܵܚܵܐ • (nyāḥā)

1. present participle of ܢܵܐܹܚ (nāˀēḥ, “to rest”)

From the root ܢ-ܘ-ܚ (n-w-ḥ) related to resting. Compare Hebrew נוֹחַ (nôaḥ).

• IPA^(key): [n(ə)jɑħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [n(ə)jɑħe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܢܝܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܝܚܐ)

1. quiet, calm, peacefulness
2. rest, ease, relief
3. resting place
4. recovery, convalescence, refreshment
5. pleasure, satisfaction, appeasing
6. will, desire
7. grace

• “nyḥ”, 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, p. 199b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 338a
• 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. 914b