ܢܝܼܪܣܐܡ

Kyrasian

Etymology

From Late Middle Kerasian ܕܓܘܝܿܣܦ - joesp, ܕܓܘܐܣܦ - joasp, ܕܓܘܐܿܣܦ - joæsp ("eagle"), from Early Middle Kerasian ܕܓܐܘܼܐܿܣܝ݈ܿܦ - jawæsēp ("eagle"), from Old Kerasian ܝܼܘܘܼܐܿܬܣܝܿܘܦ - yowætseop, ܝܘܘܼܐܿܬܣܝܿܘܦ - iowætseop, ܝܿܘܘܼܐܿܬܣܝܿܘܦ - eowætseop ("eagle"), from North Aradeshi īhwacheup, yihwacheup, ḵihwacheup, from Aradeshi kifuacheupe ("fish eagle"), from kifua ("chest") + cheupe, an inflected form of -eupe ("white").

Notes

For the above Latin-script transliterations, ⟨ḵ⟩ represents the sounds /x/ when before a broad vowel or /ç/ when after slender vowels, as in this case.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /neɾ.sɐ̃/, arPR: ner-sã
• (Western) IPA: /nɪɾ.sɐ̃/

Noun

ܢܝܼܪܣܐܡ • (nyrsam)

1. any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
2. one considered to possess attributes associated with the eagle: strong, tenacious, caring, and courageous.
3. a powerful or majorly influential person or thing to an area or by some aspect.
4. the first and foremost of a group by some aspect.
5. (archaic) any bird in the genera Haliaeetus or Icthyophaga; a sea eagle.
6. (heraldry) a heraldic element resembling an eagle.

Declension

Declension of ܢܝܼܪܣܐܡ - nyrsam

	Singular	Plural
nominative	ܢܝܼܪܣܐܡ - nyrsam	ܢܝܼܪܣܐܡܝܼ - nyrsame
accusative	ܢܝܼܪܣܐܡܐܢ - nyrsaman	ܢܝܼܪܣܐܡܝܢ - nyrsamin
genitive	ܢܝܼܪܣܐܡ܁ܝܢ - nyrsam'in	ܢܝܼܪܣܐܡ܁ܝܢ - nyrsam'in