A Syriac Chrestomathy

sources for syriacists

R4 · nestle-1889-en/r4/g169-nah-have-rest

lemma

unvoc ܢܚ
voc ܢܳܚ
translit nāḥ
pos verb
gloss_en have rest
gloss_de Ruhe haben
root
payne_smith
frequency_rank
layer vocalized Serto
stems Ethpe. 'enjoy rest' | sich der Ruhe hingeben; Aph. 'rest (trans. and intr.)' | ausruhen u. ausruhen lassen

primer_note

The Aph. is glossed as doing BOTH — 'ausruhen u. ausruhen lassen | rest (trans. and intr.)' — and its passive participle then means 'deceased'. A euphemism recorded without comment.

sub_lemmas

vocgloss_engloss_deraw
ܢܝܳܚܳܐm. rest, recreationRuhe, Erholungܢܝܳܚܳܐ m. Ruhe, Erholung | rest, recreation
ܢܝܳܚܬܳܐf. restRuheܢܝܳܚܬܳܐ f. Ruhe | rest
ܡܢܺܝܚpart. pass. Aph. at rest, deceasedausruhend, verstorbenܡܢܺܝܚ part. pass. Aph. ausruhend, verstorben | at rest, deceased

source

primer nestle-1889-en
page 169
leaf n258