Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܦ-ܣ-ܣ (p-s-s) related to allowing.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [p(ə)sɑsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [p(ə)sɑse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܦܣܣܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܦܣܣܐ)

  1. licence/license, permission
  2. favor/favour

Inflection edit

References edit

  • pss”, 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. 280b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 452a
  • 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, p. 1211b