ܦܪܣܬܩܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܦܪܝܣܬܩܐ

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *frēstak. Compare Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬙𐬀 (fraēšta, “messenger”), Middle Persian plystk' (frēstag, “apostle, angel”) / prystg, Persian فرشته (ferešte, “angel”), and Jewish Babylonian Aramaic פְּרֵיסְתְּקָא (pərêstəqāʾ, “royal guard, messenger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p(ə)rɛst(ə)qɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [p(ə)rɛst(ə)qe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܪܣܬܩܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܪܣܬܩܐ)

1. royal guard, messenger

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܪܣܬܩܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܪܣܬܩ		1st person	ܦܪܣܬܩܝ		ܦܪܣܬܩܢ
	construct	ܦܪܣܬܩ		2nd person	ܦܪܣܬܩܟ	ܦܪܣܬܩܟܝ	ܦܪܣܬܩܟܘܢ	ܦܪܣܬܩܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܪܣܬܩܐ		3rd person	ܦܪܣܬܩܗ	ܦܪܣܬܩܗ	ܦܪܣܬܩܗܘܢ	ܦܪܣܬܩܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܪܣܬܩܝܢ		1st person	ܦܪܣܬܩܝ		ܦܪܣܬܩܝܢ
	construct	ܦܪܣܬܩܝ		2nd person	ܦܪܣܬܩܝܟ	ܦܪܣܬܩܝܟܝ	ܦܪܣܬܩܝܟܘܢ	ܦܪܣܬܩܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܪܣܬܩܐ		3rd person	ܦܪܣܬܩܘܗܝ	ܦܪܣܬܩܝܗ	ܦܪܣܬܩܝܗܘܢ	ܦܪܣܬܩܝܗܝܢ

References

• “prstq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-07-07
• 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. 1247a