ܩܝܣܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Compare Akkadian 𒄑𒌁 (qištum, “forest, grove, woodland”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [qajsɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [qajse] (plural)
Noun
ܩܝܣܐ • (qaysā) m (plural ܩܝܣܐ (qaysē))
- wood
- tree
- Synonym: ܐܝܠܢܐ
- wooden object; stick, stake
- gibbet, gallows; crucifix; (rare) stocks
- one pound weight
- ounce, two drachms
- (rare) handle (of bell, axe, etc.)
- (rare, nautical) rudder
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܩܝܣ | 1st person | ܩܝܣܝ | ܩܝܣܢ | |||
| construct | ܩܝܣ | 2nd person | ܩܝܣܟ | ܩܝܣܟܝ | ܩܝܣܟܘܢ | ܩܝܣܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܩܝܣܐ | 3rd person | ܩܝܣܗ | ܩܝܣܗ | ܩܝܣܗܘܢ | ܩܝܣܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܩܝܣܝܢ | 1st person | ܩܝܣܝ | ܩܝܣܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܩܝܣܝ | 2nd person | ܩܝܣܝܟ | ܩܝܣܝܟܝ | ܩܝܣܝܟܘܢ | ܩܝܣܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܩܝܣܐ | 3rd person | ܩܝܣܘܗܝ | ܩܝܣܝܗ | ܩܝܣܝܗܘܢ | ܩܝܣܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
References
- “qys”, 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 319a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 504b
- 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 1364b–1365a