Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܢܐܘܡܐ
• ܢܘܡܝ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nome(ʔ)] (singular and plural)
• IPA^(key): [nomas] (plural)

Noun

ܢܘܡܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܢܘܡܣ or ܢܘܡܐ)

1. pasture
2. territory, domain
3. (law) usufruct
4. (pathology) spread of a sore
5. (in the plural) water from an aqueduct

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek νοῦμμος ‎(noûmmos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [numɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nume(ʔ)], [numa(ʔ)s] (plural)

Noun

ܢܘܡܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܢܘܡܐܣ or ܢܘܡܐ)

1. Alternative form of ܠܘܡܐ

References

• “nwm)”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 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. 332b
• 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. 900a