ܪܝܫܢܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, Back-formation from from a plural form of ܪܹܝܫܵܐ (rēšā, head).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܪܹܝܫܵܢܵܐ (rēšānām (plural ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܢܹܐ (rēšānē), feminine ܪܹܝܫܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (rēšānīṯā))

  1. (literary) ruler, leader, chief, president
    Synonyms: ܪܹܝܫܵܐ (rēšā), ܫܲܠܝܼܛܵܐ (šalīṭā), ܪܲܒܵܐ (rabbā)
  2. magistrate, prefect
  3. (Christianity) pontiff
    Synonym: ܟܘܼܡܪܵܐ (kumrā)
  4. (military) captain, general

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܹܝܫܵܢܵܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute ܪܹܝܫܵܢ (rēšān) 1st person ܪܹܝܫܵܢܝܼ (rēšānī) ܪܹܝܫܵܢܲܢ (rēšānan)
construct ܪܹܝܫܵܢ (rēšān) 2nd person ܪܹܝܫܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (rēšānōḵ) ܪܹܝܫܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (rēšānāḵ) ܪܹܝܫܵܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rēšānawḵōn)
emphatic ܪܹܝܫܵܢܵܐ (rēšānā) 3rd person ܪܹܝܫܵܢܹܗ (rēšānēh) ܪܹܝܫܵܢܵܗ̇ (rēšānāh) ܪܹܝܫܵܢܗܘܿܢ (rēšānhōn)
plural absolute ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܢܝܼܢ (rēšānīn) 1st person ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܢܝܼ (rēšānī) ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܢܲܢ (rēšānan)
construct ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܢܲܝ (rēšānay) 2nd person ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (rēšānōḵ) ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (rēšānāḵ) ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rēšānawḵōn)
emphatic ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܢܹܐ (rēšānē) 3rd person ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܢܘܼܗܝ (rēšānūh) ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܢܘܼܗ̇ (rēšānōh) ܪܹ̈ܝܫܵܢܲܝܗܘܿܢ (rēšānayhōn)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun ܪܹܝܫܵܢܵܐ
Terms derived from the noun ܪܹܝܫܵܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Modified from ܪܝܫܐ (rēšā, head; ruler), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš-.

Pronunciation

Noun

ܪܝܫܢܐ (rēšānām (plural ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ (rēšānawwāṯā) or ܪܝܫܢܐ (rēšānē), singular feminine counterpart ܪܝܫܢܝܬܐ)

  1. ruler, leader, chief, president
  2. magistrate, prefect
  3. noble, prince
  4. (Christianity) pontiff
  5. (military) captain, general
Inflection

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

ܪܝܫܢܐ (rēšānē)

  1. emphatic plural of ܪܝܫܐ (rēšā)

References

  • ryšn”, 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, page 346a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 540b
  • 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, →ISBN, page 1466a