"نياحة" meaning in Arabic

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Noun

IPA: /ni.jaː.ħa/ Forms: نِياحة [canonical], niyāḥa [romanization]
Etymology: From Classical Syriac ܢܝܚܬܐ (nəyāḥtā, “quiet; rest”), where the root ܢ ܘ ܚ relating to “rest”, as Arabic ن و خ (n w ḵ), was figuratively extended for becoming quiet and sad minutes of silence. Etymology templates: {{bor|ar|syc|ܢܝܚܬܐ|t=quiet; rest|tr=nəyāḥtā}} Classical Syriac ܢܝܚܬܐ (nəyāḥtā, “quiet; rest”), {{syc-root|ܢ ܘ ܚ|nocat=1}} ܢ ܘ ܚ, {{ar-root|ن و خ|nocat=1}} ن و خ (n w ḵ) Head templates: {{ar-noun|نِياحة|f}} نِياحة • (niyāḥa) f
  1. lamentation, wailing, loud beweeping of a deceased
    Sense id: en-نياحة-ar-noun-lTGOSpF0 Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17
  2. (Egypt, Coptic Christianity, euphemistic) death Tags: Egypt, euphemistic Synonyms: وَفاة, مَوْت
    Sense id: en-نياحة-ar-noun-UsjgKYfM Categories (other): Arabic euphemisms, Egyptian Arabic, Christianity
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: مَأْتَم (maʔtam) (english: staying, biding; assembly for rejoicing or mourning)
Derived forms: نَاحَ (nāḥa) (english: to wail), نُوَاح (nuwāḥ) (english: a wailing; wailings), نَائِحَة (nāʔiḥa) (english: a wailing woman), نَوَّاحَة (nawwāḥa), نَوَّاح (nawwāḥ) (english: wailer, mourner), مَناح (manāḥ), مَنَاحَة (manāḥa) (english: wailing, mourning), نَاوَحَ (nāwaḥa) (english: to be faced to (seemingly while wailing together)), تَنَيَّحَ (tanayyaḥa), تَنَوَّحَ (tanawwaḥa) (english: to dangle), نَنَاوَحَ (nanāwaḥa) (english: to warble; to howl), اِسْتَنَاحَ (istanāḥa) (english: to howl, to wail as to induce others to wail)
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to wail",
      "roman": "nāḥa",
      "word": "نَاحَ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a wailing; wailings",
      "roman": "nuwāḥ",
      "word": "نُوَاح"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a wailing woman",
      "roman": "nāʔiḥa",
      "word": "نَائِحَة"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nawwāḥa",
      "word": "نَوَّاحَة"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "wailer, mourner",
      "roman": "nawwāḥ",
      "word": "نَوَّاح"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "manāḥ",
      "word": "مَناح"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "wailing, mourning",
      "roman": "manāḥa",
      "word": "مَنَاحَة"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to be faced to (seemingly while wailing together)",
      "roman": "nāwaḥa",
      "word": "نَاوَحَ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tanayyaḥa",
      "word": "تَنَيَّحَ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to dangle",
      "roman": "tanawwaḥa",
      "word": "تَنَوَّحَ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to warble; to howl",
      "roman": "nanāwaḥa",
      "word": "نَنَاوَحَ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to howl, to wail as to induce others to wail",
      "roman": "istanāḥa",
      "word": "اِسْتَنَاحَ"
    }
  ],
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    },
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "نِياحة",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "niyāḥa",
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      ]
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "staying, biding; assembly for rejoicing or mourning",
      "roman": "maʔtam",
      "word": "مَأْتَم"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
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          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
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        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lamentation, wailing, loud beweeping of a deceased"
      ],
      "id": "en-نياحة-ar-noun-lTGOSpF0",
      "links": [
        [
          "lamentation",
          "lamentation"
        ],
        [
          "wailing",
          "wailing"
        ],
        [
          "beweep",
          "beweep"
        ],
        [
          "deceased",
          "deceased"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ar",
          "name": "Christianity",
          "orig": "ar:Christianity",
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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        [
          "Christianity",
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        ],
        [
          "death",
          "death"
        ]
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      "qualifier": "Coptic Christianity",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Egypt, Coptic Christianity, euphemistic) death"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "وَفاة"
        },
        {
          "word": "مَوْت"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Egypt",
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ni.jaː.ħa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "نياحة"
}
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    "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Arabic feminine nouns",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic nouns",
    "Arabic terms borrowed from Classical Syriac",
    "Arabic terms derived from Classical Syriac",
    "Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to wail",
      "roman": "nāḥa",
      "word": "نَاحَ"
    },
    {
      "english": "a wailing; wailings",
      "roman": "nuwāḥ",
      "word": "نُوَاح"
    },
    {
      "english": "a wailing woman",
      "roman": "nāʔiḥa",
      "word": "نَائِحَة"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nawwāḥa",
      "word": "نَوَّاحَة"
    },
    {
      "english": "wailer, mourner",
      "roman": "nawwāḥ",
      "word": "نَوَّاح"
    },
    {
      "roman": "manāḥ",
      "word": "مَناح"
    },
    {
      "english": "wailing, mourning",
      "roman": "manāḥa",
      "word": "مَنَاحَة"
    },
    {
      "english": "to be faced to (seemingly while wailing together)",
      "roman": "nāwaḥa",
      "word": "نَاوَحَ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tanayyaḥa",
      "word": "تَنَيَّحَ"
    },
    {
      "english": "to dangle",
      "roman": "tanawwaḥa",
      "word": "تَنَوَّحَ"
    },
    {
      "english": "to warble; to howl",
      "roman": "nanāwaḥa",
      "word": "نَنَاوَحَ"
    },
    {
      "english": "to howl, to wail as to induce others to wail",
      "roman": "istanāḥa",
      "word": "اِسْتَنَاحَ"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "syc",
        "3": "ܢܝܚܬܐ",
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        "tr": "nəyāḥtā"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
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        "nocat": "1"
      },
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      "name": "syc-root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "ن و خ (n w ḵ)",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Classical Syriac ܢܝܚܬܐ (nəyāḥtā, “quiet; rest”), where the root ܢ ܘ ܚ relating to “rest”, as Arabic ن و خ (n w ḵ), was figuratively extended for becoming quiet and sad minutes of silence.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "نِياحة",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niyāḥa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "نِياحة",
        "2": "f"
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "staying, biding; assembly for rejoicing or mourning",
      "roman": "maʔtam",
      "word": "مَأْتَم"
    }
  ],
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        "lamentation, wailing, loud beweeping of a deceased"
      ],
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          "lamentation",
          "lamentation"
        ],
        [
          "wailing",
          "wailing"
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          "beweep",
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          "deceased",
          "deceased"
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          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
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          "death"
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "وَفاة"
        },
        {
          "word": "مَوْت"
        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ni.jaː.ħa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "نياحة"
}

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