ناح

Meaning

to wail, to mourn, to moan, to lament, to weep
to coo, to warble

grammarian

be mourned

be lamented

عول

نحب

نشج

أنّ

تاوّه

اِنْتحب

gemegar

gemir

lamentar-se

κλαυθμυρίζω

κλαψουρίζω

μυξοκλαίω

σιγοκλαίω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/naː.ħa/

Denominal verb of نِيَاحَة (niyāḥa, “mourning”), a transferred meaning of Classical Syriac ܢܝܚܬܐ (nəyāḥtā) meaning more literally “biding, rest”. Compare مَأْتَم (maʔtam, “mourning”), literally a verbal noun of أَتِمَ (ʔatima, “to stay, to bide”).