ܦܝܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πεῖσις (peîsis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p(ə)jɑsɑ(ʔ)], [pisɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [p(ə)jɑse(ʔ)], [pise(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܝܣܐ • (pyāsā) m (plural ܦܝܣܐ)

1. persuasion, conviction, assurance, confidence, faith
2. persuasiveness
3. supplication, intercession
4. explanation, answer, proof, argument, reasoning, view
5. credit, power
6. moderation

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܝܣܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܝܣ		1st person	ܦܝܣܝ		ܦܝܣܢ
	construct	ܦܝܣ		2nd person	ܦܝܣܟ	ܦܝܣܟܝ	ܦܝܣܟܘܢ	ܦܝܣܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܝܣܐ		3rd person	ܦܝܣܗ	ܦܝܣܗ	ܦܝܣܗܘܢ	ܦܝܣܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܝܣܝܢ		1st person	ܦܝܣܝ		ܦܝܣܝܢ
	construct	ܦܝܣܝ		2nd person	ܦܝܣܝܟ	ܦܝܣܝܟܝ	ܦܝܣܝܟܘܢ	ܦܝܣܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܝܣܐ		3rd person	ܦܝܣܘܗܝ	ܦܝܣܝܗ	ܦܝܣܝܗܘܢ	ܦܝܣܝܗܝܢ

References

• “pys”, 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. 274b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 444b
• 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. 1188b