Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nurɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܢܘܪܐ • ‎(nūrā’) f ‎(plural ܢܘܪܘܬܐ)

1. fire, conflagration
2. (in the plural) volcanoes

Inflection

Derived terms

• ܒܝܬ ܢܘܪܐ

Etymology 2

From Akkadian 𒈾𒈠𒊒𒌝 ‎(nāmaru [NA.MA.RU.UM]).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nawrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nawre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܘܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܢܘܪܐ)

1. mirror

Inflection

Synonyms

• ܡܚܙܝܬܐ

Etymology 3

From the root ܢ-ܘ-ܪ ‎(n-w-r) related to shying.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [n(ə)wɑrɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܢܘܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

1. shying, dreading, fearing

Inflection

Etymology 4

From the root ܢ-ܘ-ܪ ‎(n-w-r) related to shying.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nawwɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nawwɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܢܘܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܢܘܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܢܘܪܬܐ)

1. terrified, fearful, daunted

Inflection

References

• “nwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-22
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 200b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 334a-b
• 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. 904a-b