ܦܘܪܣܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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From Ancient Greek πόρος (póros).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pursɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [purse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܦܘܪܣܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܦܘܪܣܐ)

  1. way, manner, means, resource
  2. possibility
  3. sustenance, provisions
  4. work, doing, deed
  5. contrivance, stratagem, device
  6. ruse, guile, trick
  7. pretext, pretence/pretense
  8. motive, reason, cause
  9. way out
  10. bound, limit
Inflection
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Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.

Etymology 2

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From the root ܦ-ܪ-ܣ (p-r-s) related to devising, derived from above.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [purrɑsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [purrɑse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܦܘܪܣܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܦܘܪܣܐ)

  1. cunning, craftiness
Inflection
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References

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  • prws”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • pwrs”, 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. 289b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 458b
  • 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. 1171a