ܦܪܨܘܦܐ
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Classical Syriac
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon). Compare Hebrew פרצוף (parṣūf), from the same.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (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
[edit]ܦܪܨܘܦܐ • (ṗarṣōṗā) m (plural ܦܪܨܘܦܐ (ṗarṣōṗē))
- 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.
- Peshitta, Acts 6:15:
- (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?
- Peshitta, Luke 12:56:
- person, self, individual, party
- (grammar) person; possessive suffix
- (Christianity, theology) person, aspect of Christ
- personification, persona, appearance, likeness
- pretext, pretense
- sense, meaning (of a word)
- (astrology) decan
- (orthography) diacritical point
Inflection
[edit] inflection of ܦܪܨܘܦܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܦܪܨܘܦ | ܦܪܨܘܦܝܢ |
| construct | ܦܪܨܘܦ | ܦܪܨܘܦܝ |
| emphatic | ܦܪܨܘܦܐ | ܦܪܨܘܦܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܦܪܨܘܦܝ | ܦܪܨܘܦܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܦܪܨܘܦܟ | ܦܪܨܘܦܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܦܪܨܘܦܟܝ | ܦܪܨܘܦܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܦܪܨܘܦܗ | ܦܪܨܘܦܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܦܪܨܘܦܗ | ܦܪܨܘܦܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܦܪܨܘܦܢ | ܦܪܨܘܦܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܦܪܨܘܦܟܘܢ | ܦܪܨܘܦܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܦܪܨܘܦܟܝܢ | ܦܪܨܘܦܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܦܪܨܘܦܗܘܢ | ܦܪܨܘܦܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܦܪܨܘܦܗܝܢ | ܦܪܨܘܦܝܗܝܢ |
Coordinate terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- ܐܦܐ (ʾappē)
References
[edit]- “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