ܬܪܝܨܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܬܪܝܨܐ (tərīṣāʾ, “straight; correct”), from the root ܬ-ܪ-ܨ related to correcting + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t(ə)risˤuθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܬܪܝܨܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)

1. straightness, uprightness, rectitude
2. correctness, truth, straightforwardness
3. right direction, straight path
4. goodness, integrity, probity
5. (grammar) correct speech, grammar
6. (carpentry) carpenter's square
7. (used with possessive suffixes as a title) Excellency

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܪܝܨܘܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܬܪܝܨܘ		1st person	ܬܪܝܨܘܬܝ		ܬܪܝܨܘܬܢ
	construct	ܬܪܝܨܘܬ		2nd person	ܬܪܝܨܘܬܟ	ܬܪܝܨܘܬܟܝ	ܬܪܝܨܘܬܟܘܢ	ܬܪܝܨܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܪܝܨܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܬܪܝܨܘܬܗ	ܬܪܝܨܘܬܗ	ܬܪܝܨܘܬܗܘܢ	ܬܪܝܨܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• “tryṣw”, 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. 399a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 620b
• 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. 1668a-b