ܢܘܩܙܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

  • ܢܘܼܩܛܵܐ (nuqṭā)

Etymology

Root
ܢ ܩ ܙ (n q z)
2 terms

Compare Arabic نُقْطَة‎ (nuqṭa) and Hebrew נְקֻדָּה (n'kudá).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ˈnuq.zɑː]

Noun

ܢܘܼܩܙܵܐ • (nuqzā) m sg (plural ܢܘܼܩܙܹ̈ܐ (nuqzē))

  1. point, dot
    Synonym: ܛܸܦܵܐ (ṭippā)
  2. point, moment
    Synonym: ܪܦܵܦܵܐ (rpāpā)
  3. aspect, facet
    Synonyms: ܡܢܵܬ݂ܵܐ (mnāṯā), ܬܲܦܨܝܼܠܵܐ (tapṣīlā)
  4. (graph theory) vertex
    Synonyms: ܩܘܼܒܬ݂ܵܐ (qubṯā), ܪܹܝܫܵܐ (rēšā)
  5. (typography) full stop, period
  6. (grammar, orthography, in the plural) diacritical marks
    Synonym: ܙܵܘܥܹ̈ܐ (zāwˁē)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܢܘܼܩܙܵܐ ܐܵܠܨܵܝܵܐ (nuqzā ālṣāyā, main point)
  • ܢܘܼܩܙܵܐ ܕܒܘܼܨܵܝܵܐ (nuqzā d-buṣṣāyā, checkpoint)
  • ܢܘܼܩܙܵܢܵܝܵܐ (nuqzānāyā, formed with points)
  • ܢܘܼܩܲܙܬܵܐ (nūqaztā, point, station)

Coordinate terms

  • (symbol) ( . )
  • (Punctuation) ܦܘܼܚܵܡܵܐ (puḥḥāmā); ܢܘܼܩܙܵܐ (nuqzā, period, full stop), ܦܵܪܘܿܫܬܵܐ (pārōštā, comma), ܫܘܲܝܹ̈ܐ (šwayyē, colon), ܙܲܝ̈ܢܹܐ (zaynē, semicolon), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܫܘܼܐܵܠܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-šuˀālā, question mark), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܩܪܵܝܬܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-qrāytā, exclamation mark), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܡܸܬܬܣܝܼܡܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-mittsīmānūṯā, quotation mark), ܢܵܩܘܿܦܵܐ (nāqōpā, dash, hyphen), ܣܛܵܦܵܐ (sṭāpā, slash), ܩܸܫܬܵܐ (qištā, parenthesis, bracket), ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܘܿܢܵܐ (kāwḵḇōnā, asterisk), ܓܵܕ݂ܘܿܡܵܐ (gāḏōmā), ܦܵܣܘܿܩܵܐ (pāsōqā), (Category: aii:Punctuation marks)

Interjection

ܢܘܼܩܙܵܐ! • (nuqzā!)

  1. (informal) and that's final, and that's that, full stop, period, end of discussion
    ܠܹܐ ܐܵܙܹܠ݇ܢ، ܢܘܼܩܙܵܐ!lē āzēn, nuqzā!I’m not going, full stop!

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܢ-ܩ-ܙ (n-q-z) related to pricking.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nuqzɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nuqze(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܘܩܙܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܘܩܙܐ)

  1. point, moment
  2. (grammar, orthography, in the plural) diacritical marks
Inflection

Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.

Etymology 2

From the root ܢ-ܩ-ܙ (n-q-z) related to pricking.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nuqqɑzɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nuqqɑze(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܘܩܙܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܘܩܙܐ)

  1. slap, box on the ear
Inflection

References

  • nwqz”, 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. 213a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 334a
  • 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. 903a
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