ܪܝܫܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Modified from ܪܝܫܐ (rēšā, head; ruler), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [re(j)ʃɑnɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [re(j)ʃɑne], [re(j)ʃɑnawwɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܪܝܫܢܐ • (rēšānā) m (plural ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ (rēšānawwāṯā) or ܪܝܫܢܐ (rēšānē), singular feminine counterpart ܪܝܫܢܝܬܐ)

  1. ruler, leader, chief, president
  2. magistrate, prefect
  3. noble, prince
  4. (Christianity) pontiff
  5. (military) captain, general
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [re(j)ʃɑne]

Noun

ܪܝܫܢܐ • (rēšānē)

  1. emphatic plural of ܪܝܫܐ (rēšā)

References

  • ryšn”, 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, page 346a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 540b
  • 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, page 1466a
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