ܩܕܝܫܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܩܕܝܫ (qaddīš, “holy”), from the root ܩ ܕ ܫ related to holiness + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qaddiʃuθɑ]

Noun

ܩܕܝܫܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)

  1. holiness, sanctity
  2. sanctification, consecration
  3. (collectively) saints, holy ones
  4. celibacy, chastity, virginity
  5. (used with possessive suffixes as a title) Holiness

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܕܝܫܘܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܩܕܝܫܘ 1st person ܩܕܝܫܘܬܝ ܩܕܝܫܘܬܢ
construct ܩܕܝܫܘܬ 2nd person ܩܕܝܫܘܬܟ ܩܕܝܫܘܬܟܝ ܩܕܝܫܘܬܟܘܢ ܩܕܝܫܘܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܩܕܝܫܘܬܐ 3rd person ܩܕܝܫܘܬܗ ܩܕܝܫܘܬܗ ܩܕܝܫܘܬܗܘܢ ܩܕܝܫܘܬܗܝܢ

References

  • “qdyšw”, 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 311a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 490a
  • 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, page 1316b
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