ܩܡܨܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
ܩܲܡܨܵܐ • (qamṣā) m (plural ܩܲܡܨܹ̈ܐ (qamṣē))
- locust
- c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Matthew 3:4:
- ܠܒ݂ܘܼܫܵܐ ܕܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܸܢ ܣܲܥܪܵܐ ܕܓܘܼܡ̈ܠܹܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ، ܘܐܝܼܬ݂ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܠܹܗ ܙܘܼܢܵܪܵܐ ܕܓܸܠܕܵܐ ܒܚܲܨܹܗ، ܘܡܹܐܟ݂ܘܼܠܬܹܗ ܩܲܡܨܹ̈ܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܘܕܸܒ݂ܫܵܐ ܕܒܲܪܝܼܵܐ.
- lḇūšā d-yōḥannān min saˁrā d-gumlē ìwā, w-īṯ wā lēh zunnārā d-gildā b-ḥaṣṣēh, w-mēḵultēh qamṣē ìwā w-diḇšā d-barīyā.
- John wore a garment of camel 's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey
- (proscribed, dialectal) grasshopper
- Synonym: ܚܲܪܓܘܼܠܵܐ (ḥargūlā)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܩܡܲܨ (qmaṣ) | 1st person | ܩܲܡܨܝܼ (qamṣī) | ܩܲܡܨܲܢ (qamṣan) | |||
| construct | ܩܡܲܨ (qmaṣ) | 2nd person | ܩܲܡܨܘܼܟ݂ (qamṣōḵ) | ܩܲܡܨܵܟ݂ܝ (qamṣāḵ) | ܩܲܡܨܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qamṣawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܩܲܡܨܵܐ (qamṣā) | 3rd person | ܩܲܡܨܹܗ (qamṣēh) | ܩܲܡܨܵܗ̇ (qamṣāh) | ܩܲܡܨܗܘܿܢ (qamṣhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܩܲܡܨܝܼ̈ܢ (qamṣīn) | 1st person | ܩܲܡܨܝܼ̈ (qamṣī) | ܩܲܡܨܲܢ̈ (qamṣan) | |||
| construct | ܩܲܡܨܲܝ̈ (qamṣay) | 2nd person | ܩܲܡܨܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (qamṣōḵ) | ܩܲܡܨܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (qamṣāḵ) | ܩܲܡܨܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qamṣawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܩܲܡܨܹ̈ܐ (qamṣē) | 3rd person | ܩܲܡܨܘܼ̈ܗܝ (qamṣūh) | ܩܲܡܨܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (qamṣōh) | ܩܲܡܨܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (qamṣayhōn) | |||
Classical Syriac
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [qamsˤɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [qamsˤe] (plural)
Noun
ܩܡܨܐ • (qamṣā) m (plural ܩܡܨܐ)
- locust
- 1886, Peshitta, Matthew 3.4:
- ܗܘ ܕܝܢ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ ܠܒܘܫܗ ܕܤܥܪܐ ܕܓܡܠܐ ܘܐܤܪ ܚܨܐ ܕܡܫܟܐ ܥܠ ܚܨܘܗܝ ܘܡܐܟܘܠܬܗ ܩܡܨܐ ܘܕܒܫܐ ܕܒܪܐ ܀
- John wore a garment of camel 's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey
- parsnip
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܩܡܨ | 1st person | ܩܡܨܝ | ܩܡܨܢ | |||
| construct | ܩܡܨ | 2nd person | ܩܡܨܟ | ܩܡܨܟܝ | ܩܡܨܟܘܢ | ܩܡܨܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܩܡܨܐ | 3rd person | ܩܡܨܗ | ܩܡܨܗ | ܩܡܨܗܘܢ | ܩܡܨܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܩܡܨܝܢ | 1st person | ܩܡܨܝ | ܩܡܨܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܩܡܨܝ | 2nd person | ܩܡܨܝܟ | ܩܡܨܝܟܝ | ܩܡܨܝܟܘܢ | ܩܡܨܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܩܡܨܐ | 3rd person | ܩܡܨܘܗܝ | ܩܡܨܝܗ | ܩܡܨܝܗܘܢ | ܩܡܨܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “qmṣ”, 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 322a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 509a
- 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 1379a