ܦܘܪܢܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܦ-ܪ-ܢ-ܣ (p-r-n-s) related to providing, from Ancient Greek πρόνοος (prónoos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [purnɑsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [purnɑse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܘܪܢܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܘܪܢܣܐ)

  1. provision, supply
  2. support, sustenance, nourishment, food
  3. (in the plural) supplies, revenues
  4. tribute
  5. (religion) providence, dispensation
  6. affair, action
  7. aid, help, care
  8. safeguard, guardianship
  9. administration, management, control
  10. diocese, province

Inflection

References

  • pwrns”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 289a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 439a
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, pp. 1170b-1171a
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