ܪܝܫܐ
Appearance
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ܪܹܫܵܐ (rēšā)
Etymology
[edit]From Aramaic רֵישָׁא (rēšā), from Proto-Semitic *raʔš-; compare Arabic رَأْس (raʔs), Hebrew רֹאשׁ (rosh) and Akkadian 𒊕 (rēšum).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܪܹܝܫܵܐ • (rēšā) m (plural ܪܹ̈ܝܫܹܐ (rēšē) or ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܢܹܐ (rēšānē) or ܪܹ̈ܝܫܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (rēšawwāṯā) or ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ (rēšāṯā), feminine ܪܹܝܫܬܵܐ (rēštā))
- (anatomy) head
- summit, top, tip, point, edge, end
- beginning, front, starting point
- first, best, chief, principal, superior
- ruler, prefect, magistrate
- poll
- division of a discourse; heading, chapter, treatise
- (orthography) initial letter
- lid, cap
Usage notes
[edit]The plural ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܢܹܐ (rēšānē) is only used for the sense of "rulers, prefects, magistrates"
Inflection
[edit]isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
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state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
m | f | |||||||
singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܪܹܝܫܝܼ (rēšī) | ܪܹܝܫܲܢ (rēšan) | |||
construct | ܪܹܝܫ (rēš) | 2nd person | ܪܹܝܫܘܼܟ݂ (rēšūḵ) | ܪܹܝܫܵܟ݂ܝ (rēšāḵ) | ܪܹܝܫܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rēšāwḵōn) | |||
emphatic | ܪܹܝܫܵܐ (rēšā) | 3rd person | ܪܹܝܫܹܗ (rēšēh) | ܪܹܝܫܘܿܗ̇ (rēšōh) | ܪܹܝܫܗܘܿܢ (rēšhōn) | |||
plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܢܝܼ (rēšānī) | ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܢܲܢ (rēšānan) | |||
construct | ܪܹ̈ܝܫܲܝ (rēšay) | 2nd person | ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (rēšānūḵ) | ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (rēšānāḵ) | ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rēšānāwḵōn) | |||
emphatic | ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܢܹܐ (rēšānē) | 3rd person | ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܢܘܼܗܝ (rēšānūh) | ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܢܘܿܗ̇ (rēšānōh) | ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܢܗܘܿܢ (rēšānhōn) |
Derived terms
[edit]- ܪܹܝܫ ܩܸܢܵܐ (rēš qinnā, “firstborn”)
- ܪܹܝܫ ܫܲܢ݇ܬܵܐ (rēš šattā, “new year”)
Classical Syriac
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Semitic *raʔš-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܪܝܫܐ • (rēšā) m (plural ܪܝܫܢܐ or ܪܝܫܐ)
- (anatomy) head, poll
- single person
- summit, top, tip, point, edge, end
- beginning, front, starting point
- first, best, chief, principal, superior
- preeminence, superiority
- ruler, prefect, magistrate
- division of a discourse; heading, chapter, treatise
- (orthography) initial letter
- capital city
- region
- (military) army, detachment, corps, military unit
- first fruits
- topic
- line
- poison, venom
Usage notes
[edit]The plural ܪܝܫܢܐ (rêšānēʾ) is used for the sense of "magistrates" while the plural ܪܝܫܐ (rêšēʾ) is used for all other senses.
Inflection
[edit]isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
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state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
m | f | m | f | |||||
singular | absolute | ܪܝܫ | 1st person | ܪܝܫܝ | ܪܝܫܢ | |||
construct | ܪܝܫ | 2nd person | ܪܝܫܟ | ܪܝܫܟܝ | ܪܝܫܟܘܢ | ܪܝܫܟܝܢ | ||
emphatic | ܪܝܫܐ | 3rd person | ܪܝܫܗ | ܪܝܫܗ | ܪܝܫܗܘܢ | ܪܝܫܗܝܢ | ||
plural | absolute | ܪܝܫܢܝܢ ,ܪܝܫܝܢ | 1st person | ܪܝܫܢܝ ,ܪܝܫܝ | ܪܝܫܢܝܢ ,ܪܝܫܝܢ | |||
construct | ܪܝܫܢܝ ,ܪܝܫܝ | 2nd person | ܪܝܫܢܝܟ ,ܪܝܫܝܟ | ܪܝܫܢܝܟܝ ,ܪܝܫܝܟܝ | ܪܝܫܢܝܟܘܢ ,ܪܝܫܝܟܘܢ | ܪܝܫܢܝܟܝܢ ,ܪܝܫܝܟܝܢ | ||
emphatic | ܪܝܫܢܐ ,ܪܝܫܐ | 3rd person | ܪܝܫܢܘܗܝ ,ܪܝܫܘܗܝ | ܪܝܫܢܝܗ ,ܪܝܫܝܗ | ܪܝܫܢܝܗܘܢ ,ܪܝܫܝܗܘܢ | ܪܝܫܢܝܗܝܢ ,ܪܝܫܝܗܝܢ |
References
[edit]- “ryš”, 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. 345b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 539b-540a
- 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, pp. 1462b-1463a
Turoyo
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ܪܶܫܳܐ (rešo)
Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܪܝܫܳܐ • (rišo) m
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- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms inherited from Aramaic
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms derived from Aramaic
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic lemmas
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic nouns
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic masculine nouns
- aii:Anatomy
- aii:Orthography
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic nouns with irregular plurals
- Classical Syriac terms inherited from Proto-Semitic
- Classical Syriac terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Classical Syriac terms with IPA pronunciation
- Classical Syriac lemmas
- Classical Syriac nouns
- Classical Syriac masculine nouns
- syc:Anatomy
- syc:Orthography
- syc:Military
- Classical Syriac nouns with irregular plurals
- syc:Poisons
- Turoyo terms inherited from Aramaic
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- Turoyo lemmas
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- tru:Anatomy