Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܬ-ܪ-ܨ (t-r-ṣ) related to correcting.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [turrɑsˤɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [turrɑsˤe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܬܘܪܨܐ (turrāṣām (plural ܬܘܪܨܐ)

  1. right action, correctness, uprightness
  2. straightening, repairing, renewal, remedy
  3. improvement, reformation
  4. direction, arrangement
  5. admonition, warning
  6. repression

Inflection edit

References edit

  • twrṣ”, 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. 399a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 609a
  • 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. 1634b