ܐܣܦܪܝܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian ʾsplys (asprēs, hippodrome). Compare Persian اسپریس (asprês, hippodrome) and Old Armenian ասպարէզ (asparēz, hippodrome; stadion; field, arena).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔɛsp(ə)re(j)sɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔɛsp(ə)re(j)se(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܣܦܪܝܣܐ • (ʾesprēsā) m (plural ܐܣܦܪܝܣܐ)

  1. hippodrome, racecourse
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔɛsp(ə)rajsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔɛsp(ə)rajse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܣܦܪܝܣܐ • (ʾesprajsā) f (plural ܐܣܦܪܝܣܐ)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of ܐܣܦܝܪܐ (ʾespejrā, ʾespērā, cohort)
Inflection

References

  • ˀsprysˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-06-24
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 16a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 24b
  • 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 77b
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