Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon). Compare Hebrew פרצוף (parṣūf), from the same.

Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [p˭arˈsˤo.p˭ɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [p˭arˈsˤo.p˭ɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [p˭ɑrˈsˤu.p˭o], [fɑrˈsˤu.fo]

Noun

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ܦܪܨܘܦܐ (ṗarṣōṗām (plural ܦܪܨܘܦܐ (ṗarṣōṗē))

  1. face, countenance, expression
    • Peshitta, Acts 6:15:
      ܘܚܪܘ ܒܗ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܗܢܘܢ ܕܝܬܒܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܒܟܢ̈ܘܫܬܐ. ܘܚܙܘ ܦܪܨܘܦܗ. ܐܝܟ ܦܪܨܘܦܐ ܕܡܠܐܟܐ.
      wə-ḥār[w] bēh kolləhōn hānōn də-yāṯbīn [hə]waw ba-ḵənūšāṯā, wa-ḥəzaw ṗarṣōṗēh, ʾāḵ ṗarṣōṗā ḏə-malʾăḵā.
      And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
  2. (of inanimate objects) face, surface
    • Peshitta, Luke 12:56:
      ܢܣܒܝ̈ ܒܐܦ̈ܐ. ܦܪܨܘܦܐ ܕܐܪܥܐ ܘܕܫܡܝܐ ܝܕܥܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܕܬܦܪܫܘܢ ܙܒܢܐ ܕܝܢ ܗܢܐ ܐܝܟܢܐ ܠܐ ܦܪܫܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ.
      nāsbay bə-ʾappē, ṗarṣōṗā ḏə-ʾarʿā wə-ḏa-šəmayyā yāḏʿīn ʾa[n]tōn də-ṯep̄rəšōn zaḇnā ḏên hānā ʾaykannā lā p̄āršīn ʾa[n]tōn.
      Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
  3. person, self, individual, party
  4. (grammar) person; possessive suffix
  5. (Christianity, theology) person, aspect of Christ
  6. personification, persona, appearance, likeness
  7. pretext, pretense
  8. sense, meaning (of a word)
  9. (astrology) decan
  10. (orthography) diacritical point

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See also

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References

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  • prṣwp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-01-25
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 291a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 464a
  • 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 1249b-1250a