ܬܪܝܨܘܬܐ
Classical Syriac
editEtymology
editFrom ܬܪܝܨܐ (tərīṣāʾ, “straight; correct”), from the root ܬ-ܪ-ܨ (t-r-ṣ) related to correcting + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editܬܪܝܨܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)
- straightness, uprightness, rectitude
- correctness, truth, straightforwardness
- right direction, straight path
- goodness, integrity, probity
- (grammar) correct speech, grammar
- (carpentry) carpenter's square
- (used with possessive suffixes as a title) Excellency
Inflection
edit declension of ܬܪܝܨܘܬܐ
| state | singular (uncountable) |
|---|---|
| absolute | ܬܪܝܨܘ |
| construct | ܬܪܝܨܘܬ |
| emphatic | ܬܪܝܨܘܬܐ |
| possessive forms | |
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܬܪܝܨܘܬܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܬܪܝܨܘܬܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܬܪܝܨܘܬܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܬܪܝܨܘܬܗ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܬܪܝܨܘܬܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܬܪܝܨܘܬܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܬܪܝܨܘܬܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܬܪܝܨܘܬܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܬܪܝܨܘܬܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܬܪܝܨܘܬܗܝܢ |
References
edit- “tryṣw”, 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. 620b
- 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. 1668a-b