ܦܝܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πεῖσις (peîsis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [p(ə)jɑsɑ], [pisɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [p(ə)jɑse], [pise] (plural)

Noun

ܦܝܣܐ • (pyāsā) m (plural ܦܝܣܐ)

  1. persuasion, conviction, assurance, confidence, faith
  2. persuasiveness
  3. supplication, intercession
  4. explanation, answer, proof, argument, reasoning, view
  5. credit, power
  6. moderation

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܝܣܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܦܝܣ 1st person ܦܝܣܝ ܦܝܣܢ
construct ܦܝܣ 2nd person ܦܝܣܟ ܦܝܣܟܝ ܦܝܣܟܘܢ ܦܝܣܟܝܢ
emphatic ܦܝܣܐ 3rd person ܦܝܣܗ ܦܝܣܗ ܦܝܣܗܘܢ ܦܝܣܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܦܝܣܝܢ 1st person ܦܝܣܝ ܦܝܣܝܢ
construct ܦܝܣܝ 2nd person ܦܝܣܝܟ ܦܝܣܝܟܝ ܦܝܣܝܟܘܢ ܦܝܣܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܦܝܣܐ 3rd person ܦܝܣܘܗܝ ܦܝܣܝܗ ܦܝܣܝܗܘܢ ܦܝܣܝܗܝܢ

References

  • “pys”, 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, page 274b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 444b
  • 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, →ISBN, page 1188b
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