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nyḥ (nīḥ) adj. calm; easy
1
calm, soft, gentle, easy-going
Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
P Mt11:29↗ ܕ݁ܢܼܝܚ ܐܼܢܵܐ‏ ; BT Tan 3b(45)↗ מיטרא ניחא לפירי‏ : gentle rain (is beneficial) for fruit ; GY 3:9↗ niha ḏmarda urugza litbẖ : the calm one, in whom are neither rebellion nor anger ; TgEsth2 8:13↗ ברוחא ניחתא ובמכיכות רוחא‏
(1)
(gram.) pronounced softly
Syr
BhGr 194:266 ܐܬܘ̈ܬܐ ܢܝ̈ܚܬܐ‏
(2)
resting quietly, lying, comfortable
Syr
AphDem14.292:8↗ ܘܡܨܝܕܬܗ ܦܪܝܣܬܐ ܕܢܝܚܐ ܩܕܡܝܗܘܢ‏ : it spread-out net that is lying before them
2
easy
CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA
TgJ 1K22:22tos↗ משום דלא ניחא קדמי למימר שקרא‏ : for it is not easy for me to tell a lie ; Lag(296) Matt19:24↗ ܢܝܚ ܗܘ ܠܓܡܠܐ ܕܝܥܘܠ ܒܢܘܩܒܗ ܕܡܚܛܐ‏ : it is easy for the camel to enter through the needle's hole ; P Sirach 22:15↗ ܚܠܐ ܘܡܠܚܐ ܘܛܥܢܐ ܕܦܪܙܠܐ ܢܝ݂ܚ ܠܡܫܩܠ܂ ܡܢ ܕܠܡܥܡܪ ܥܡ ܓܒܪܐ ܣܟܠܐ‏ : it is easier to weigh sand and salt and a load of iron than to live with a stupid man ; BT Šab 7a(12)↗ כיון דלא ניחא תשמישתא‏ : since its use is not easy
(1)
easily accommodated, all right, ok : see s.v. nyḥˀ adv.
Gal, Sam, JBA, LJLA
(2)
(logic) as a technical term of logical argument:: presenting no problems to one's opinion
JBA
BT Ber 29a(15)↗ לאביי ניחא לרבא קשיא‏ : for PN1 there is no problem but for PN2 it is problematic
3
w. ל-:
(1)
to be wanted by someone
JBA
BT Ket 53a(1)↗ חזייה דלא הוה קא ניחא ליה‏ : he saw that he did not want (to enter)
(2)
to be well/better off
Gal, Syr
KohR[1]26:3(37)↗ ניח הוה דייתרים רישיה ולא עבד ליה כן‏ : he would have been better off to have his head removed and he would not have done so to him ; P Eccl6:5↗ ܢܝܚ ܠܗܢܐ ܛܒ ܡܢ ܕܠܗܢܐ‏
(3)
to be satisfactory to someone: see also s.v. nyḥˀ adv.
Syr, JBA
JulSok 63(28):20↗ ܐܢ ܢܝܚ ܠܨܒܝܢܟܘܢ ܘܫܦܝܪ ܒܥܝ̈ܢܝܟܘܢ‏ : if it satisfies your will and seems good in your eyes ; BT BM 104b(38)↗ עבוד רבנן מלתא דניחא ליה למלוה וניחא ליה ללוה‏ : the scholars made a decision which satisfied both the creditor[Heb.] and the borrower[Heb.]
4
+ ܢܦܫܐ܂ ܪܘܚܐ : deceased
Syr
JohEphB 70:23, 71:14 ܡܢ ܙܒ̈ܢܝܗ݀ ܗܟܝܠ ܕܢܝ݂ܚܬ ܢܦܫܐ ܬܐܕܘܪܐ ܡ݁ܠܟܬܐ ܚܠ݂ܬܗ݀ ܂܂܂ܠܣܓ̈ܝܐܐ ܡܦ݂ܝܣܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܕܢܦܝܣ݂ܘܢܝܗܝ ܠܢܝ݂ܚ ܢܦܫܐ ܝܣܛܝܢܝܢܐ‏ : then from the times of the late Queen Theodora, her aunt ,,, they were urging many to convince the late Justinian ; ZDMG 30:227:10 text not cited ; JulSok 211(102):23↗ ܐܓܪܬܗ ܕܢܝܚ ܪܘܚܐ ܩܘܣܛܢܛܝܢܘܣ‏ : letter of the late PN
(1)
(alone)
Syr
P Job3:13↗ ܘܕܡܝܟ ܗܘܝܬ ܘܢܝܚ‏ : I would have been asleep and at rest
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