ܢܰܡܟܳܐ nmkʾ namkā writings; a firman, deed
Old loanword, as the maintaining of the voiceless velar plosive shows, from OIr. *nāmaka- or from Early MP nāmak, later nāmag [MGLTA, nʾmk'] book, letter (CPD 57; Nyberg 135); ManMP nʾmg /nāmag/ book, letter (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 238); NP nāma a writing, letter, epistle (Steingass 1380) ● Syn 142, 24; 213, 6; cf. Pogn. Hipp Aph II, IV ◆ LS 431b; PS Suppl. 212