ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ)

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

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [re(j)ʃɑnawwɑθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

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ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ (transliteration needed)

  1. emphatic plural of ܪܝܫܢܐ

References

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  • 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