ܟܪܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *kariś-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈkar.sɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈkar.sɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈkɑr.so]

Noun

ܟܪܣܐ • (karsā) f (plural ܟܪܣܬܐ (karsāṯā))

1. (anatomy) belly, stomach, paunch; womb, uterus; ventricle
   • Peshitta, Luke 23:29:

     ܕܗܐ ܐܬܝܢ ܝܘ̈ܡܬܐ ܕܒܗܘܢ ܢܐܡܪܘܢ. ܛܘܒܝܗܝܢ ܠܥܩܪ̈ܬܐ ܘܠܟܪ̈ܣܬܐ ܕܠܐ ܝܠܕ ܘܠܬܕ̈ܝܐ ܕܠܐ ܐܝܢܩܘ.

     də-hā ʾāṯēn yawmāṯā ḏa-ḇəhōn nēʾmərūn, ṭūḇayhēn lə-ʿaqrāṯā wa-lə-ḵarsāṯā ḏə-lā ʾīleḏ wə-la-təḏayyā ḏə-lā ʾayneq[w]

     For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

2. cavity

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܪܣܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܪܣ		1st person	ܟܪܣܝ		ܟܪܣܢ
	construct	ܟܪܣ		2nd person	ܟܪܣܟ	ܟܪܣܟܝ	ܟܪܣܟܘܢ	ܟܪܣܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܪܣܐ		3rd person	ܟܪܣܗ	ܟܪܣܗ	ܟܪܣܗܘܢ	ܟܪܣܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܟܪܣܢ		1st person	ܟܪܣܬܝ		ܟܪܣܬܢ
	construct	ܟܪܣܬ		2nd person	ܟܪܣܬܟ	ܟܪܣܬܟܝ	ܟܪܣܬܟܘܢ	ܟܪܣܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܪܣܬܐ		3rd person	ܟܪܣܬܗ	ܟܪܣܬܗ	ܟܪܣܬܗܘܢ	ܟܪܣܬܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛr.sɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈkɪr.sɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈker.so]

Noun

ܟܪܣܐ • (kersā) m (plural ܟܪܣܐ (kersē))

1. kind of plant

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܪܣܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܪܣ		1st person	ܟܪܣܝ		ܟܪܣܢ
	construct	ܟܪܣ		2nd person	ܟܪܣܟ	ܟܪܣܟܝ	ܟܪܣܟܘܢ	ܟܪܣܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܪܣܐ		3rd person	ܟܪܣܗ	ܟܪܣܗ	ܟܪܣܗܘܢ	ܟܪܣܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܟܪܣܝܢ		1st person	ܟܪܣܝ		ܟܪܣܝܢ
	construct	ܟܪܣܝ		2nd person	ܟܪܣܝܟ	ܟܪܣܝܟܝ	ܟܪܣܝܟܘܢ	ܟܪܣܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܪܣܐ		3rd person	ܟܪܣܘܗܝ	ܟܪܣܝܗ	ܟܪܣܝܗܘܢ	ܟܪܣܝܗܝܢ

References

• “krs”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-10-19
• “krs²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-08-01
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 163b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 228a
• 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, pages 655b-656a