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

Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.

    declension of ܦܘܪܣܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܦܪܘܣ	ܦܘܪܣܝܢ
construct	ܦܪܘܣ	ܦܘܪܣܝ
emphatic	ܦܘܪܣܐ	ܦܘܪܣܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܦܘܪܣܝ	ܦܘܪܣܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܦܘܪܣܟ	ܦܘܪܣܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܦܘܪܣܟܝ	ܦܘܪܣܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܦܘܪܣܗ	ܦܘܪܣܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܦܘܪܣܗ	ܦܘܪܣܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܦܘܪܣܢ	ܦܘܪܣܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܦܘܪܣܟܘܢ	ܦܘܪܣܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܦܘܪܣܟܝܢ	ܦܘܪܣܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܦܘܪܣܗܘܢ	ܦܘܪܣܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܦܘܪܣܗܝܢ	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

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܦܘܪܣ	ܦܘܪܣܝܢ
construct	ܦܘܪܣ	ܦܘܪܣܝ
emphatic	ܦܘܪܣܐ	ܦܘܪܣܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܦܘܪܣܝ	ܦܘܪܣܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܦܘܪܣܟ	ܦܘܪܣܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܦܘܪܣܟܝ	ܦܘܪܣܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܦܘܪܣܗ	ܦܘܪܣܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܦܘܪܣܗ	ܦܘܪܣܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܦܘܪܣܢ	ܦܘܪܣܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܦܘܪܣܟܘܢ	ܦܘܪܣܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܦܘܪܣܟܝܢ	ܦܘܪܣܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܦܘܪܣܗܘܢ	ܦܘܪܣܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܦܘܪܣܗܝܢ	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