ܢܝܙܟܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Old Persian *𐎴𐎡𐏀𐎣 (*n-i-z-k /⁠naizaka-⁠/), borrowed from Old Median *náyzakam, from Proto-Iranian *náyjakam, derived from *náyjam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náyȷ́žʰam (spear, sharp tip).

Compare Middle Persian nyck' (nēzag), Persian نیزه (neyze), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀- (naēza-), and Arabic نَيْزَك (nayzak).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܵܐ (nayzḵām sg (plural ܢܲܝ̈ܙܟ݂ܹܐ (nayzḵē))

  1. spear, lance, javelin
    Synonym: ܪܘܼܡܚܵܐ (rumḥā)
  2. (astronomy) meteor, shooting star
    Synonyms: ܙܝܼܩܵܐ (zīqā), ܩܲܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qaššāṯā)

Inflection

    Inflection of ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܵܐ (nayzḵā)
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute 1st person ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܝܼ
(nayzḵī)
ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܲܢ
(nayzḵan)
construct ܢܲܝܙܲܟ݂
(nayzaḵ)
2nd person ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܘܼܟ݂
(nayzḵūḵ)
ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ
(nayzḵāḵ)
ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(nayzḵāwḵōn)
emphatic ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܵܐ
(nayzḵā)
3rd person ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܹܗ
(nayzḵēh)
ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܵܗ̇
(nayzḵāh)
ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܗܘܿܢ
(nayzḵhōn)
plural absolute 1st person ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܝܼ̈
(nayzḵī)
ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܲܢ̈
(nayzḵan)
construct ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܲܝ̈
(nayzḵay)
2nd person ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂
(nayzḵūḵ)
ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈
(nayzḵāḵ)
ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(nayzḵāwḵōn)
emphatic ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܹ̈ܐ
(nayzḵē)
3rd person ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܘܼ̈ܗܝ
(nayzḵūh)
ܢܲܝܙܟ݂̈ܘܿܗ̇
(nayzḵōh)
ܢܲܝܙܟ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ
(nayzḵhōn)

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Old Persian *𐎴𐎡𐏀𐎣 (*n-i-z-k /⁠naizaka-⁠/), borrowed from Old Median *náyzakam, from Proto-Iranian *náyjakam, derived from *náyjam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náyȷ́žʰam (spear, sharp tip).

Compare Middle Persian (nyck' /⁠nēzag⁠/), Persian نیزه (neyze, nêza), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀- (naēza-), and Arabic نَيْزَك (nayzak).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܢܝܙܟܐ (nayzəḵām (plural ܢܝܙܟܐ (nayzəḵē))

  1. spear, lance, javelin
  2. (astronomy) meteor, shooting star

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  • nyzk”, 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, page 203b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, page 914a