ܦܪܨܘܦܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon). Compare Hebrew פרצוף (parṣūf), from the same.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [p˭arˈsˤo.p˭ɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [p˭arˈsˤo.p˭ɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [p˭ɑrˈsˤu.p˭o], [fɑrˈsˤu.fo]

Noun

ܦܪܨܘܦܐ • (ṗarṣōṗā) m (plural ܦܪܨܘܦܐ (ṗarṣōṗē))

1. face, countenance, expression
   • Peshitta, Acts 6:15:

     ܘܚܪܘ ܒܗ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܗܢܘܢ ܕܝܬܒܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܒܟܢ̈ܘܫܬܐ. ܘܚܙܘ ܦܪܨܘܦܗ. ܐܝܟ ܦܪܨܘܦܐ ܕܡܠܐܟܐ.

     wə-ḥār[w] bēh kolləhōn hānōn də-yāṯbīn [hə]waw ba-ḵənūšāṯā, wa-ḥəzaw ṗarṣōṗēh, ʾāḵ ṗarṣōṗā ḏə-malʾăḵā.

     And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

2. (of inanimate objects) face, surface
   • Peshitta, Luke 12:56:

     ܢܣܒܝ̈ ܒܐܦ̈ܐ. ܦܪܨܘܦܐ ܕܐܪܥܐ ܘܕܫܡܝܐ ܝܕܥܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܕܬܦܪܫܘܢ ܙܒܢܐ ܕܝܢ ܗܢܐ ܐܝܟܢܐ ܠܐ ܦܪܫܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ.

     nāsbay bə-ʾappē, ṗarṣōṗā ḏə-ʾarʿā wə-ḏa-šəmayyā yāḏʿīn ʾa[n]tōn də-ṯep̄rəšōn zaḇnā ḏên hānā ʾaykannā lā p̄āršīn ʾa[n]tōn.

     Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?

3. person, self, individual, party
4. (grammar) person; possessive suffix
5. (Christianity, theology) person, aspect of Christ
6. personification, persona, appearance, likeness
7. pretext, pretense
8. sense, meaning (of a word)
9. (astrology) decan
10. (orthography) diacritical point

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܪܨܘܦܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܪܨܘܦ		1st person	ܦܪܨܘܦܝ		ܦܪܨܘܦܢ
	construct	ܦܪܨܘܦ		2nd person	ܦܪܨܘܦܟ	ܦܪܨܘܦܟܝ	ܦܪܨܘܦܟܘܢ	ܦܪܨܘܦܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܪܨܘܦܐ		3rd person	ܦܪܨܘܦܗ	ܦܪܨܘܦܗ	ܦܪܨܘܦܗܘܢ	ܦܪܨܘܦܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܪܨܘܦܝܢ		1st person	ܦܪܨܘܦܝ		ܦܪܨܘܦܝܢ
	construct	ܦܪܨܘܦܝ		2nd person	ܦܪܨܘܦܝܟ	ܦܪܨܘܦܝܟܝ	ܦܪܨܘܦܝܟܘܢ	ܦܪܨܘܦܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܪܨܘܦܐ		3rd person	ܦܪܨܘܦܘܗܝ	ܦܪܨܘܦܝܗ	ܦܪܨܘܦܝܗܘܢ	ܦܪܨܘܦܝܗܝܢ

Coordinate terms

• (aspect of Christ): ܟܝܢܐ (kəyānā), ܩܢܘܡܐ (qənōmā)

See also

• ܐܦܐ (ʾappē)

References

• “prṣwp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-01-25
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 291a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 464a
• 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, pages 1249b-1250a