ܟܪܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *kariś-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈkar.sɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈkar.sɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈkɑr.so]

Noun

ܟܪܣܐ • (karsā) f (plural ܟܪܣܬܐ (karsāṯā))

1. (anatomy) belly, stomach, paunch; womb, uterus; ventricle
   • Peshitta, Luke 23:29:

     ܕܗܐ ܐܬܝܢ ܝܘ̈ܡܬܐ ܕܒܗܘܢ ܢܐܡܪܘܢ. ܛܘܒܝܗܝܢ ܠܥܩܪ̈ܬܐ ܘܠܟܪ̈ܣܬܐ ܕܠܐ ܝܠܕ ܘܠܬܕ̈ܝܐ ܕܠܐ ܐܝܢܩܘ.

     də-hā ʾāṯēn yawmāṯā ḏa-ḇəhōn nēʾmərūn, ṭūḇayhēn lə-ʿaqrāṯā wa-lə-ḵarsāṯā ḏə-lā ʾīleḏ wə-la-təḏayyā ḏə-lā ʾayneq[w]

     For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

2. cavity

Inflection

    declension of ܟܪܣܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܟܪܣ	ܟܪܣܢ
construct	ܟܪܣ	ܟܪܣܬ
emphatic	ܟܪܣܐ	ܟܪܣܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܟܪܣܝ	ܟܪܣܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܟܪܣܟ	ܟܪܣܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܟܪܣܟܝ	ܟܪܣܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܟܪܣܗ	ܟܪܣܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܟܪܣܗ	ܟܪܣܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܟܪܣܢ	ܟܪܣܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܟܪܣܟܘܢ	ܟܪܣܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܟܪܣܟܝܢ	ܟܪܣܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܟܪܣܗܘܢ	ܟܪܣܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܟܪܣܗܝܢ	ܟܪܣܬܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛr.sɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈkɪr.sɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈker.so]

Noun

ܟܪܣܐ • (kersā) m (plural ܟܪܣܐ (kersē))

1. kind of plant

Inflection

    inflection of ܟܪܣܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܟܪܣ	ܟܪܣܝܢ
construct	ܟܪܣ	ܟܪܣܝ
emphatic	ܟܪܣܐ	ܟܪܣܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܟܪܣܝ	ܟܪܣܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܟܪܣܟ	ܟܪܣܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܟܪܣܟܝ	ܟܪܣܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܟܪܣܗ	ܟܪܣܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܟܪܣܗ	ܟܪܣܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܟܪܣܢ	ܟܪܣܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܟܪܣܟܘܢ	ܟܪܣܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܟܪܣܟܝܢ	ܟܪܣܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܟܪܣܗܘܢ	ܟܪܣܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܟܪܣܗܝܢ	ܟܪܣܝܗܝܢ

References

• “krs”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-10-19
• “krs²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-08-01
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 163b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 228a
• 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, pages 655b-656a