ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Modified from ܪܝܫܢܐ (rêšānāʾ, “ruler, president”), from ܪܝܫܐ (rêšāʾ, “head; ruler”), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [re(j)ʃɑnuθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [re(j)ʃɑnwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ)

1. control, authority, power, primacy
2. direction, reign, governorship, magistracy, presidency
3. (ecclesiastical) pontificate, episcopacy, abbacy
4. dignity, principle

Inflection

    declension of ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܪܝܫܢܘ	ܪܝܫܢܘܢ
construct	ܪܝܫܢܘܬ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬ
emphatic	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܝ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܟ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܟܝ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܗ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܗ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܢ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܟܘܢ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܟܝܢ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܗܘܢ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܗܝܢ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [re(j)ʃɑnawwɑθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. emphatic plural of ܪܝܫܢܐ

References

• “ryšnw”, 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. 346a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 540b
• 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. 1466a