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

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

References

  • prš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 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
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