ܦܘܪܢܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Root
ܦ ܪ ܢ ܣ
1 term

From Ancient Greek πρόνοος (prónoos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [purnɑsɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [purnɑse(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܦܘܪܢܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܘܪܢܣܐ)

1. provision, supply
2. support, sustenance, nourishment, food
3. (in the plural) supplies, revenues
4. tribute
5. (religion) providence, dispensation
6. affair, action
7. aid, help, care
8. safeguard, guardianship
9. administration, management, control
10. diocese, province

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܘܪܢܣܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܘܪܢܣ		1st person	ܦܘܪܢܣܝ		ܦܘܪܢܣܢ
	construct	ܦܘܪܢܣ		2nd person	ܦܘܪܢܣܟ	ܦܘܪܢܣܟܝ	ܦܘܪܢܣܟܘܢ	ܦܘܪܢܣܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܘܪܢܣܐ		3rd person	ܦܘܪܢܣܗ	ܦܘܪܢܣܗ	ܦܘܪܢܣܗܘܢ	ܦܘܪܢܣܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܘܪܢܣܝܢ		1st person	ܦܘܪܢܣܝ		ܦܘܪܢܣܝܢ
	construct	ܦܘܪܢܣܝ		2nd person	ܦܘܪܢܣܝܟ	ܦܘܪܢܣܝܟܝ	ܦܘܪܢܣܝܟܘܢ	ܦܘܪܢܣܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܘܪܢܣܐ		3rd person	ܦܘܪܢܣܘܗܝ	ܦܘܪܢܣܝܗ	ܦܘܪܢܣܝܗܘܢ	ܦܘܪܢܣܝܗܝܢ

References

• “pwrns”, 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. 289a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 439a
• 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, pp. 1170b-1171a