ܦܪܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic فَرَس (faras) and Hebrew פָּרָשׁ (pārāš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [parrɑʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [parrɑʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܪܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܪܫܐ)

1. horseman
2. (military, in the plural) cavalry

Inflection

    inflection of ܦܪܫܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܦܪܫ	ܦܪܫܝܢ
construct	ܦܪܫ	ܦܪܫܝ
emphatic	ܦܪܫܐ	ܦܪܫܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܦܪܫܝ	ܦܪܫܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܦܪܫܟ	ܦܪܫܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܦܪܫܟܝ	ܦܪܫܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܦܪܫܗ	ܦܪܫܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܦܪܫܗ	ܦܪܫܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܦܪܫܢ	ܦܪܫܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܦܪܫܟܘܢ	ܦܪܫܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܦܪܫܟܝܢ	ܦܪܫܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܦܪܫܗܘܢ	ܦܪܫܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܦܪܫܗܝܢ	ܦܪܫܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܦ-ܪ-ܫ (p-r-š) related to separating. Compare Akkadian 𒁇 (/⁠paruššu⁠/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p(ə)rɑʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [p(ə)rɑʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܪܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܪܫܐ)

1. difference, separation
2. selection
3. oxgoad

Inflection

    inflection of ܦܪܫܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܦܪܫ	ܦܪܫܝܢ
construct	ܦܪܫ	ܦܪܫܝ
emphatic	ܦܪܫܐ	ܦܪܫܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܦܪܫܝ	ܦܪܫܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܦܪܫܟ	ܦܪܫܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܦܪܫܟܝ	ܦܪܫܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܦܪܫܗ	ܦܪܫܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܦܪܫܗ	ܦܪܫܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܦܪܫܢ	ܦܪܫܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܦܪܫܟܘܢ	ܦܪܫܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܦܪܫܟܝܢ	ܦܪܫܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܦܪܫܗܘܢ	ܦܪܫܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܦܪܫܗܝܢ	ܦܪܫܝܗܝܢ

References

• “prš”, 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. 292b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 466a
• 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. 1254b