ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Modified from ܪܝܫܢܐ (rêšānāʾ, “ruler, president”), from ܪܝܫܐ (rêšāʾ, “head; ruler”), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [re(j)ʃɑnuθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [re(j)ʃɑnwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ)

1. control, authority, power, primacy
2. direction, reign, governorship, magistracy, presidency
3. (ecclesiastical) pontificate, episcopacy, abbacy
4. dignity, principle

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܪܝܫܢܘ		1st person	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܝ		ܪܝܫܢܘܬܢ
	construct	ܪܝܫܢܘܬ		2nd person	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܟ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܟܝ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܟܘܢ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܗ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܗ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܗܘܢ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܪܝܫܢܘܢ		1st person	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܝ		ܪܝܫܢܘܬܢ
	construct	ܪܝܫܢܘܬ		2nd person	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܟ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܟܝ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܟܘܢ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܗ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܗ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܗܘܢ	ܪܝܫܢܘܬܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [re(j)ʃɑnawwɑθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. emphatic plural of ܪܝܫܢܐ

References

• “ryšnw”, 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. 346a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 540b
• 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. 1466a