ܟܪܝܣܝܣ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܟܪܝܣܝ (krysy)
• ܟܪܣܝܣ (krsys)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρῆσις (khrêsis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k(ə.)ˈre̝.sis] (singular and plural)

Noun

ܟܪܝܣܝܣ • (kərêsīs) f (plural ܟܪܝܣܝܣ)

1. use, experience
2. custom, habit, wont
3. proof, evidence, testimony
4. quotation, citation, example

References

• “krysys”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-29
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 226b
• 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. 652b