Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɛmr(ə)θɑ(ʔ)], [n(ə)martɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nɛmrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܡܪܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܢܡܪܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܢܡܪܐ)

1. leopardess

Inflection

Etymology 2

Possibly from Akkadian [script needed] ‎(nabārtu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɑmar(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nɑmrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܡܪܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܢܡܪܬܐ)

1. cage, enclosure
2. snare, trap
3. pit

Inflection

References

• “nmrh”, 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. 205b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 341a
• 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, pp. 922b-923a