ܦܪܨܘܦܐ

ܦܪܨܘܦܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon). Compare Hebrew פרצוף‎ (parṣūf), from the same.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [p˭arˈsˤo.p˭ɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [p˭arˈsˤo.p˭ɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [p˭ɑrˈsˤu.p˭o], [fɑrˈsˤu.fo]

Noun

ܦܪܨܘܦܐ • (ṗarṣōṗā) m (plural ܦܪܨܘܦܐ (ṗarṣōṗē))

1. face, countenance, expression
   • Peshitta, Acts 6:15:

     ‏ܘܚܪܘ ܒܗ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܗܢܘܢ ܕܝܬܒܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܒܟܢ̈ܘܫܬܐ. ܘܚܙܘ ܦܪܨܘܦܗ. ܐܝܟ ܦܪܨܘܦܐ ܕܡܠܐܟܐ.‎‎

     wə-ḥār[w] bēh kolləhōn hānōn də-yāṯbīn [hə]waw ba-ḵənūšāṯā, wa-ḥəzaw ṗarṣōṗēh, ʾāḵ ṗarṣōṗā ḏə-malʾăḵā.

     And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

2. (of inanimate objects) face, surface
   • Peshitta, Luke 12:56:

     ‏ܢܣܒܝ̈ ܒܐܦ̈ܐ. ܦܪܨܘܦܐ ܕܐܪܥܐ ܘܕܫܡܝܐ ܝܕܥܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܕܬܦܪܫܘܢ ܙܒܢܐ ܕܝܢ ܗܢܐ ܐܝܟܢܐ ܠܐ ܦܪܫܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ.‎‎

     nāsbay bə-ʾappē, ṗarṣōṗā ḏə-ʾarʿā wə-ḏa-šəmayyā yāḏʿīn ʾa[n]tōn də-ṯep̄rəšōn zaḇnā ḏên hānā ʾaykannā lā p̄āršīn ʾa[n]tōn.

     Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?

3. person, self, individual, party
4. (grammar) person; possessive suffix
5. (Christianity, theology) person, aspect of Christ
6. personification, persona, appearance, likeness
7. pretext, pretense
8. sense, meaning (of a word)
9. (astrology) decan
10. (orthography) diacritical point

Inflection

    inflection of ܦܪܨܘܦܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܦܪܨܘܦ‎	ܦܪܨܘܦܝܢ‎
construct	ܦܪܨܘܦ‎	ܦܪܨܘܦܝ‎
emphatic	ܦܪܨܘܦܐ	ܦܪܨܘܦܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܦܪܨܘܦܝ‎	ܦܪܨܘܦܝ‎
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܦܪܨܘܦܟ‎	ܦܪܨܘܦܝܟ‎
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܦܪܨܘܦܟܝ‎	ܦܪܨܘܦܝܟܝ‎
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܦܪܨܘܦܗ‎	ܦܪܨܘܦܘܗܝ‎
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܦܪܨܘܦܗ‎	ܦܪܨܘܦܝܗ‎
1st c. pl. (our)	ܦܪܨܘܦܢ‎	ܦܪܨܘܦܝܢ‎
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܦܪܨܘܦܟܘܢ‎	ܦܪܨܘܦܝܟܘܢ‎
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܦܪܨܘܦܟܝܢ‎	ܦܪܨܘܦܝܟܝܢ‎
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܦܪܨܘܦܗܘܢ‎	ܦܪܨܘܦܝܗܘܢ‎
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܦܪܨܘܦܗܝܢ‎	ܦܪܨܘܦܝܗܝܢ‎

Coordinate terms

• (aspect of Christ): ܟܝܢܐ‎ (kəyānā), ܩܢܘܡܐ‎ (qənōmā)

See also

• ܐܦܐ‎ (ʾappē)

References

• “prṣwp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-01-25
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 291a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 464a
• 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, pages 1249b-1250a