ܦܪܣܬܩܐ
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܦܪܝܣܬܩܐ
Etymology
From Middle Iranian *frēstak. Compare Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬙𐬀 (fraēšta, “messenger”), Middle Persian plystk' (frēstag, “apostle, angel”) / prystg, Persian فرشته (ferešte, “angel”), and Jewish Babylonian Aramaic פְּרֵיסְתְּקָא (pərêstəqāʾ, “royal guard, messenger”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [p(ə)rɛst(ə)qɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [p(ə)rɛst(ə)qe] (plural)
Noun
ܦܪܣܬܩܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܪܣܬܩܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܦܪܣܬܩ | 1st person | ܦܪܣܬܩܝ | ܦܪܣܬܩܢ | |||
| construct | ܦܪܣܬܩ | 2nd person | ܦܪܣܬܩܟ | ܦܪܣܬܩܟܝ | ܦܪܣܬܩܟܘܢ | ܦܪܣܬܩܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܦܪܣܬܩܐ | 3rd person | ܦܪܣܬܩܗ | ܦܪܣܬܩܗ | ܦܪܣܬܩܗܘܢ | ܦܪܣܬܩܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܦܪܣܬܩܝܢ | 1st person | ܦܪܣܬܩܝ | ܦܪܣܬܩܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܦܪܣܬܩܝ | 2nd person | ܦܪܣܬܩܝܟ | ܦܪܣܬܩܝܟܝ | ܦܪܣܬܩܝܟܘܢ | ܦܪܣܬܩܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܦܪܣܬܩܐ | 3rd person | ܦܪܣܬܩܘܗܝ | ܦܪܣܬܩܝܗ | ܦܪܣܬܩܝܗܘܢ | ܦܪܣܬܩܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “prstq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 7 July 2013
- 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 1247a