ܬܪܝܨܘܬܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ܬܪܝܨܐ (tərīṣāʾ, straight; correct), from the root ܬ-ܪ-ܨ (t-r-ṣ) related to correcting + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [t(ə)risˤuθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun[edit]

ܬܪܝܨܘܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

  1. straightness, uprightness, rectitude
  2. correctness, truth, straightforwardness
  3. right direction, straight path
  4. goodness, integrity, probity
  5. (grammar) correct speech, grammar
  6. (carpentry) carpenter's square
  7. (used with possessive suffixes as a title) Excellency

Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  • tryṣw”, 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. 399a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 620b
  • 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. 1668a-b