ܟܪܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *kariś-.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈkar.sɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈkar.sɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈkɑr.so]

Noun

ܟܪܣܐ • (karsāf (plural ܟܪܣܬܐ (karsāṯā))

  1. (anatomy) belly, stomach, paunch; womb, uterus; ventricle
    • Peshitta, Luke 23:29:
      ܕܗܐ ܐܬܝܢ ܝܘ̈ܡܬܐ ܕܒܗܘܢ ܢܐܡܪܘܢ. ܛܘܒܝܗܝܢ ܠܥܩܪ̈ܬܐ ܘܠܟܪ̈ܣܬܐ ܕܠܐ ܝܠܕ ܘܠܬܕ̈ܝܐ ܕܠܐ ܐܝܢܩܘ.
      də-hā ʾāṯēn yawmāṯā ḏa-ḇəhōn nēʾmərūn, ṭūḇayhēn lə-ʿaqrāṯā wa-lə-ḵarsāṯā ḏə-lā ʾīleḏ wə-la-təḏayyā ḏə-lā ʾayneq[w]
      For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
  2. cavity
Inflection
Inflection of ܟܪܣܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܟܪܣ 1st person ܟܪܣܝ ܟܪܣܢ
construct ܟܪܣ 2nd person ܟܪܣܟ ܟܪܣܟܝ ܟܪܣܟܘܢ ܟܪܣܟܝܢ
emphatic ܟܪܣܐ 3rd person ܟܪܣܗ ܟܪܣܗ ܟܪܣܗܘܢ ܟܪܣܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܟܪܣܢ 1st person ܟܪܣܬܝ ܟܪܣܬܢ
construct ܟܪܣܬ 2nd person ܟܪܣܬܟ ܟܪܣܬܟܝ ܟܪܣܬܟܘܢ ܟܪܣܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܟܪܣܬܐ 3rd person ܟܪܣܬܗ ܟܪܣܬܗ ܟܪܣܬܗܘܢ ܟܪܣܬܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈkɛr.sɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈkɪr.sɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈker.so]

Noun

ܟܪܣܐ • (kersām (plural ܟܪܣܐ (kersē))

  1. kind of plant
Inflection
Inflection of ܟܪܣܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܟܪܣ 1st person ܟܪܣܝ ܟܪܣܢ
construct ܟܪܣ 2nd person ܟܪܣܟ ܟܪܣܟܝ ܟܪܣܟܘܢ ܟܪܣܟܝܢ
emphatic ܟܪܣܐ 3rd person ܟܪܣܗ ܟܪܣܗ ܟܪܣܗܘܢ ܟܪܣܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܟܪܣܝܢ 1st person ܟܪܣܝ ܟܪܣܝܢ
construct ܟܪܣܝ 2nd person ܟܪܣܝܟ ܟܪܣܝܟܝ ܟܪܣܝܟܘܢ ܟܪܣܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܟܪܣܐ 3rd person ܟܪܣܘܗܝ ܟܪܣܝܗ ܟܪܣܝܗܘܢ ܟܪܣܝܗܝܢ

References

  • krs”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 19 October 2011
  • krs2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 1 August 2021
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 163b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 228a
  • 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, pages 655b–656a