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Classical Syriac
Etymology
Unknown; compare the root ܢ-ܘ-ܠ (n-w-l) related to tormenting and Jewish Babylonian Aramaic נָלָא (nālâ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܢܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܠܐ)
- nightmare
- incubus, devil
Inflection
References
- “nl”, 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. 200a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 340b
- 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. 921b