ܐܣܦܪܝܣܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian ʾsplys (asprēs, “hippodrome”). Compare Persian اسپریس (asprês, “hippodrome”) and Old Armenian ասպարէզ (asparēz, “hippodrome; stadion; field, arena”).
Alternative forms
- ܐܣܦܪܣܐ (ʾespərēsā)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔɛsp(ə)re(j)sɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʔɛsp(ə)re(j)se] (plural)
Noun
ܐܣܦܪܝܣܐ • (ʾesprēsā) m (plural ܐܣܦܪܝܣܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܣܦܪܝܣ | 1st person | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܣܦܪܝܣ | 2nd person | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܟ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܟܝ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܟܘܢ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܐ | 3rd person | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܗ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܗ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܗܘܢ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝܢ | 1st person | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝ | 2nd person | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝܟ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝܟܝ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝܟܘܢ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܐ | 3rd person | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܘܗܝ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝܗ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝܗܘܢ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝܗܝܢ | ||
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔɛsp(ə)rajsɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʔɛsp(ə)rajse] (plural)
Noun
ܐܣܦܪܝܣܐ • (ʾesprajsā) f (plural ܐܣܦܪܝܣܐ)
- (dialectal) alternative form of ܐܣܦܝܪܐ (ʾespejrā, ʾespērā, “cohort”)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܣܦܪܝܣ | 1st person | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܣܦܪܝܣ | 2nd person | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܟ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܟܝ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܟܘܢ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܐ | 3rd person | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܗ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܗ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܗܘܢ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝܢ | 1st person | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝ | 2nd person | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝܟ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝܟܝ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝܟܘܢ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܐ | 3rd person | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܘܗܝ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝܗ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝܗܘܢ | ܐܣܦܪܝܣܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “ˀsprysˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 24 June 2013
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 16a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 24b
- 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, →ISBN, page 77b