ܦܠܙܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Parthian (plync /⁠plinǰ⁠/). Compare Persian برنج (berenj), Old Armenian պղինձ (płinj), and Hebrew פְּלִיז (pəlī́z).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܦܠܙܐ (plezzām(uncountable)

  1. brass, bronze

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܠܙܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܦܠܙ 1st person ܦܠܙܝ ܦܠܙܢ
construct ܦܠܙ 2nd person ܦܠܙܟ ܦܠܙܟܝ ܦܠܙܟܘܢ ܦܠܙܟܝܢ
emphatic ܦܠܙܐ 3rd person ܦܠܙܗ ܦܠܙܗ ܦܠܙܗܘܢ ܦܠܙܗܝܢ

Descendants

(taking Classical Syriac as representative for all Aramaic)

  • Arabic: فِلَزّ (filazz)
    • Persian: فلز (felez)

References

  • plz”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-20
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 572a, where apparently by mistake vocalized as if pelzā which is so cited by Sokoloff, Michael (2002) “פְּלִיזָא”, in A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, page 913a who appears to have corrected it in his own Syriac dictionary.
  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “plync”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 275
  • 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, page 1196a,