ܢܰܝܙܟܳܐ nyzkʾ nayzkā 1. lance, spear; 2. δοκίδες shooting stars, meteors
Derivatives:ܢܲܝܙܟܘܿܢܵܐ nyzkwnʾ nayzkōnā short lance, dart; ܢܲܝܙܟܵܢܵܐ nyzknʾ nayzkānā shooting stars, meteors
OP *naizaka- (Median: Hinz 1975, 172); MP nēzag lance (CPD 59; Nyberg 138; cf. Gignoux 1999, 87); ManMP nyzg /nēzag/ lance, spear (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 257); Arm. LW nizak id. (Hübschmann AG 204, no. 442); NP nēza a short spear, demi-lance, javelin (Steingass 1442). Cf. Av. naēza- needle point (AirWb 1037; see Greenfield – Shaked 1972, 42); OP *naida- spear (Hinz 1975, 188; Mayrhofer 1973, 8.285). — Aram. texts from Qumran (Targ. Job.) nzk spear (Greenfield 1987, 258); cf. Shaked 1987, 261; Arab. nayzak and nayzaq short lance ● nyzkʾ lance, spear Jos 8, 18; cf. ES 1, 297B, Afr 321, 11; shooting stars AS 138, 3; nyzkwnʾ BB 1043, 2; nyzknʾ Med 550, 19 ◆ LS 427b; Lagarde 65, 169; Duval index pers. 227