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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From ܢܓܪܐ (naggārāʾ, “carpenter”), from Akkadian 𒉄 (naggāru ), from Sumerian 𒉄 (nagar) + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ). Compare Hebrew נַגָּרוּת (naggārûṯ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܢܓܪܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)
- carpentry
Inflection
References
- “ngrw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-11-17
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 197b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 328a
- 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. 890a