ܦܪܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܦ-ܪ-ܣ (p-r-s) related to dividing. Compare Hebrew פְּרָס (pərās).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [p(ə)rɑsɑ(ʔ)], [pɑrsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [p(ə)rɑse(ʔ)], [pɑrse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܪܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܪܣܐ)

  1. allowance, ration, morsel, portion of food
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܦ-ܪ-ܣ (p-r-s) related to spreading.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [p(ə)rɑsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [p(ə)rɑse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܪܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܪܣܐ)

  1. spreading
  2. extension, extending
  3. expansion
Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܦ-ܪ-ܣ (p-r-s) related to spreading. Compare Arabic فِرَاش (firāš) and فَرْش (farš).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [p(ə)rɑsɑ(ʔ)], [pɛrsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [p(ə)rɑse(ʔ)], [pɛrse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܪܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܪܣܐ)

  1. flap, cloth, cover, covering
  2. veil, curtain, screen
  3. aër, ritual veil
  4. (nautical) sail
  5. carpet, mat, rug
  6. peachtree
  7. cedar cone
Inflection

References

  • prs”, 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, pp. 462b-463a
  • 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. 1244b-1245a
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