ܦܪܣܬܩܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܦܪܝܣܬܩܐ

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *frēstak. Compare Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬙𐬀 (fraēšta, “messenger”), Middle Persian plystk' (frēstag, “apostle, angel”) / prystg, Persian فرشته (ferešte, “angel”), and Jewish Babylonian Aramaic פְּרֵיסְתְּקָא (pərêstəqāʾ, “royal guard, messenger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p(ə)rɛst(ə)qɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [p(ə)rɛst(ə)qe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܪܣܬܩܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܪܣܬܩܐ)

1. royal guard, messenger

Inflection

    inflection of ܦܪܣܬܩܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܦܪܣܬܩ	ܦܪܣܬܩܝܢ
construct	ܦܪܣܬܩ	ܦܪܣܬܩܝ
emphatic	ܦܪܣܬܩܐ	ܦܪܣܬܩܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܦܪܣܬܩܝ	ܦܪܣܬܩܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܦܪܣܬܩܟ	ܦܪܣܬܩܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܦܪܣܬܩܟܝ	ܦܪܣܬܩܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܦܪܣܬܩܗ	ܦܪܣܬܩܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܦܪܣܬܩܗ	ܦܪܣܬܩܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܦܪܣܬܩܢ	ܦܪܣܬܩܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܦܪܣܬܩܟܘܢ	ܦܪܣܬܩܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܦܪܣܬܩܟܝܢ	ܦܪܣܬܩܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܦܪܣܬܩܗܘܢ	ܦܪܣܬܩܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܦܪܣܬܩܗܝܢ	ܦܪܣܬܩܝܗܝܢ

References

• “prstq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-07-07
• 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. 1247a