ܟܘܫܪܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܟ ܫ ܪ related to being fit. Compare Hebrew כֹּשֶׁר (kṓšer).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kuʃrɑ], [kuʃʃɑrɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [kuʃre], [kuʃʃɑre] (plural)
Noun
ܟܘܫܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܘܫܪܐ)
- skill, ability, advantage
- ingenuity, diligence, activity, vigour, assiduity
- prosperity, success
- (in the plural) riches
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܘܫܪ | 1st person | ܟܘܫܪܝ | ܟܘܫܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܘܫܪ | 2nd person | ܟܘܫܪܟ | ܟܘܫܪܟܝ | ܟܘܫܪܟܘܢ | ܟܘܫܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܘܫܪܐ | 3rd person | ܟܘܫܪܗ | ܟܘܫܪܗ | ܟܘܫܪܗܘܢ | ܟܘܫܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܟܘܫܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܟܘܫܪܝ | ܟܘܫܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܘܫܪܝ | 2nd person | ܟܘܫܪܝܟ | ܟܘܫܪܝܟܝ | ܟܘܫܪܝܟܘܢ | ܟܘܫܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܘܫܪܐ | 3rd person | ܟܘܫܪܘܗܝ | ܟܘܫܪܝܗ | ܟܘܫܪܝܗܘܢ | ܟܘܫܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “kwšr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 164b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 212a
- 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 615b–616a