ܢܚܫܐ

Inherited from Aramaic נְחָשָׁא (nḥāšā), itself from Proto-Semitic *naḥaš- (“snake, reptile; divination, incantations; to learn secret things”) but uncertain; compare Arabic نُحَاس (nuḥās) and Hebrew נְחֹשֶׁת (n'khóshet). The latter noun is derived from the former as is Arabic نَحَّاس (naḥḥās).

• ܢܚܵܫܵܐ:

  IPA^(key):

• ܢܲܚܵܫܵܐ:

  IPA^(key): (singular)

ܢܚܵܫܵܐ • (nḥāšā) m

1. copper
2. (by extension) any alloy of copper; bronze, brass, etc.

• ܢܚܵܫܵܝܵܐ (nḥāšāyā)

ܢܲܚܵܫܵܐ • (naḥḥāšā) m sg (plural ܢܲܚܵܫܹ̈ܐ (naḥḥāšē), feminine ܢܲܚܵܫܬܵܐ (naḥḥāštā))

1. coppersmith, brazier

Compare Arabic نُحَاس (nuḥās) and Hebrew נְחֹשֶׁת (nəḥōšeṯ).

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ܢܚܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m(uncountable)

1. copper
2. any alloy of copper (bronze, brass, etc.)

• ܢܚܫܝܐ
• ܢܚܫܐ ܠܒܢܝܐ
• ܢܚܫܐ ܩܘܪܢܬܝܐ

Modified from above. Compare Arabic نَحَّاس (naḥḥās).

• IPA^(key): (singular)
• IPA^(key): (plural)

ܢܚܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܚܫܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܢܚܫܬܐ)

1. coppersmith, brazier

Compare Hebrew נַחַשׁ (náḥaš).

• IPA^(key): (singular)
• IPA^(key): (plural)

ܢܚܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܚܫܐ)

1. augury, divination, soothsaying, fortune telling

Modified from above.

• IPA^(key): , (singular)
• IPA^(key): , (plural)

ܢܚܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܚܫܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܢܚܫܬܐ)

1. augur, diviner, soothsayer, fortune teller

• “nḥš”, 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. 201b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 336a
• 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, pp. 908b-909a