مرسة

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܡܰܪܫܳܐ (maršā, rope), from Akkadian 𒄙 (GUR /⁠markasu⁠/, rope), from Akkadian 𒆟 (KEŠDA /⁠rakāsu⁠/, to tie).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ra.sa/

Noun

مَرَسَة • (marasa) f (collective, plural أَمْرَاس (ʔamrās))

  1. rope, cable, hawser
    Synonyms: حَبْل (ḥabl), سَبَب (sabab), رِبَاط (ribāṭ), قَلْس (qals), أَشْل (ʔašl), طُنُب (ṭunub)

Declension

References

  • “markasu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 10, M, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977, page 282 seqq.
  • “rakāsu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 14, R, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1999, page 91 seqq.
  • mrš2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 93
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “مَرَسَة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2708
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “مرسة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1199
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