ܦܘܪܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek πόρος (póros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pursɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [purse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܘܪܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܘܪܣܐ)

1. way, manner, means, resource
2. possibility
3. sustenance, provisions
4. work, doing, deed
5. contrivance, stratagem, device
6. ruse, guile, trick
7. pretext, pretence/pretense
8. motive, reason, cause
9. way out
10. bound, limit

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܘܪܣܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܪܘܣ		1st person	ܦܘܪܣܝ		ܦܘܪܣܢ
	construct	ܦܪܘܣ		2nd person	ܦܘܪܣܟ	ܦܘܪܣܟܝ	ܦܘܪܣܟܘܢ	ܦܘܪܣܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܘܪܣܐ		3rd person	ܦܘܪܣܗ	ܦܘܪܣܗ	ܦܘܪܣܗܘܢ	ܦܘܪܣܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܘܪܣܝܢ		1st person	ܦܘܪܣܝ		ܦܘܪܣܝܢ
	construct	ܦܘܪܣܝ		2nd person	ܦܘܪܣܝܟ	ܦܘܪܣܝܟܝ	ܦܘܪܣܝܟܘܢ	ܦܘܪܣܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܘܪܣܐ		3rd person	ܦܘܪܣܘܗܝ	ܦܘܪܣܝܗ	ܦܘܪܣܝܗܘܢ	ܦܘܪܣܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܦ-ܪ-ܣ (p-r-s) related to devising, derived from above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [purrɑsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [purrɑse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܘܪܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܘܪܣܐ)

1. cunning, craftiness

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܘܪܣܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܘܪܣ		1st person	ܦܘܪܣܝ		ܦܘܪܣܢ
	construct	ܦܘܪܣ		2nd person	ܦܘܪܣܟ	ܦܘܪܣܟܝ	ܦܘܪܣܟܘܢ	ܦܘܪܣܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܘܪܣܐ		3rd person	ܦܘܪܣܗ	ܦܘܪܣܗ	ܦܘܪܣܗܘܢ	ܦܘܪܣܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܘܪܣܝܢ		1st person	ܦܘܪܣܝ		ܦܘܪܣܝܢ
	construct	ܦܘܪܣܝ		2nd person	ܦܘܪܣܝܟ	ܦܘܪܣܝܟܝ	ܦܘܪܣܝܟܘܢ	ܦܘܪܣܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܘܪܣܐ		3rd person	ܦܘܪܣܘܗܝ	ܦܘܪܣܝܗ	ܦܘܪܣܝܗܘܢ	ܦܘܪܣܝܗܝܢ

References

• “prws”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “pwrs”, 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. 289b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 458b
• 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, p. 1171a