ܦܪܣܐ

From ܦܪܣ (pras, “to spread”). Compare Hebrew פְּרָס (pərās).

• IPA^(key): [p(ə)rɑsɑ], [pɑrsɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [p(ə)rɑse], [pɑrse] (plural)

ܦܪܣܐ • (pərāsā, pārsā) m (plural ܦܪܣܐ (pərāsē, pārsē))

1. allowance, ration, morsel, portion of food

From ܦܪܣ (pras, “to spread”).

• IPA^(key): [p(ə)rɑsɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [p(ə)rɑse] (plural)

ܦܪܣܐ • (pərāsā) m (plural ܦܪܣܐ (pərāsē))

1. spreading
2. extension, extending
3. expansion

From the root ܦ ܪ ܣ related to spreading. Compare Arabic فِرَاش (firāš) and فَرْش (farš).

• IPA^(key): [p(ə)rɑsɑ], [pɛrsɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [p(ə)rɑse], [pɛrse] (plural)

ܦܪܣܐ • (pərāsā, persā) m (plural ܦܪܣܐ (pərāsē, persē))

1. flap, cloth, cover, covering
2. veil, curtain, screen
3. aër, ritual veil
4. (nautical) sail
5. carpet, mat, rug
6. peachtree
7. cedar cone

• “prs”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928), Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 600a
• Costaz, Louis (2002), Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 289a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 462b–463a
• 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, pages 1244b–1245a