Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܦ-ܪ-ܣ (p-r-s) related to spreading. Compare Arabic فَرِيسَة (farīsa) and Hebrew פְּרִיסָה (pərîsâ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [p(ə)ristɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [p(ə)risɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܦܪܝܣܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܦܪܝܣܬܐ)

  1. flat bread, wafer
  2. (Christianity) host, Eucharist
  3. sacrifice
  4. coverlet, wrapper
  5. rug
  6. cloak

Inflection edit

Adjective edit

ܦܪܝܣܬܐ (transliteration needed)

  1. feminine emphatic singular of ܦܪܝܣܐ
  2. feminine emphatic plural of ܦܪܝܣܐ

References edit

  • prysh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-20
  • 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. 460b
  • 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. 1239b