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)
- use, experience
- custom, habit, wont
- proof, evidence, testimony
- 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