ܬܪܝܨܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܬܪܝܨܐ (tərīṣā, “straight; correct”), from the root ܬ ܪ ܨ related to correcting + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t(ə)risˤuθɑ]

Noun

ܬܪܝܨܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)

  1. straightness, uprightness, rectitude
  2. correctness, truth, straightforwardness
  3. right direction, straight path
  4. goodness, integrity, probity
  5. (grammar) correct speech, grammar
  6. (carpentry) carpenter's square
  7. (used with possessive suffixes as a title) Excellency

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܪܝܨܘܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܬܪܝܨܘ 1st person ܬܪܝܨܘܬܝ ܬܪܝܨܘܬܢ
construct ܬܪܝܨܘܬ 2nd person ܬܪܝܨܘܬܟ ܬܪܝܨܘܬܟܝ ܬܪܝܨܘܬܟܘܢ ܬܪܝܨܘܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܬܪܝܨܘܬܐ 3rd person ܬܪܝܨܘܬܗ ܬܪܝܨܘܬܗ ܬܪܝܨܘܬܗܘܢ ܬܪܝܨܘܬܗܝܢ

References

  • “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, page 399a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, →ISBN, pages 1668a–b
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