ܩܪܩܣܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
From early Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (klkʾs' /karkās/). Compare New Persian کرکس، کرگس (karkas, kargas).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [qarqɑsɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [qarqɑse] (plural)
Noun
ܩܪܩܣܐ • (qarqāsā) m (plural ܩܪܩܣܐ (qarqāsē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܩܪܩܣ | 1st person | ܩܪܩܣܝ | ܩܪܩܣܢ | |||
| construct | ܩܪܩܣ | 2nd person | ܩܪܩܣܟ | ܩܪܩܣܟܝ | ܩܪܩܣܟܘܢ | ܩܪܩܣܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܩܪܩܣܐ | 3rd person | ܩܪܩܣܗ | ܩܪܩܣܗ | ܩܪܩܣܗܘܢ | ܩܪܩܣܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܩܪܩܣܝܢ | 1st person | ܩܪܩܣܝ | ܩܪܩܣܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܩܪܩܣܝ | 2nd person | ܩܪܩܣܝܟ | ܩܪܩܣܝܟܝ | ܩܪܩܣܝܟܘܢ | ܩܪܩܣܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܩܪܩܣܐ | 3rd person | ܩܪܩܣܘܗܝ | ܩܪܩܣܝܗ | ܩܪܩܣܝܗܘܢ | ܩܪܩܣܝܗܝܢ | ||
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax).
Alternative forms
- ܩܪܩܣܬܐ (qarqāstā, qərāqsəṯā)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [qarqɑsɑ], [q(ə)rɑqsɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [qarqɑse], [q(ə)rɑqse] (plural)
Noun
ܩܪܩܣܐ • (qarqāsā, qərāqsā) m (plural ܩܪܩܣܐ (qarqāsē, qərāqsē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܩܪܩܣ | 1st person | ܩܪܩܣܝ | ܩܪܩܣܢ | |||
| construct | ܩܪܩܣ | 2nd person | ܩܪܩܣܟ | ܩܪܩܣܟܝ | ܩܪܩܣܟܘܢ | ܩܪܩܣܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܩܪܩܣܐ | 3rd person | ܩܪܩܣܗ | ܩܪܩܣܗ | ܩܪܩܣܗܘܢ | ܩܪܩܣܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܩܪܩܣܝܢ | 1st person | ܩܪܩܣܝ | ܩܪܩܣܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܩܪܩܣܝ | 2nd person | ܩܪܩܣܝܟ | ܩܪܩܣܝܟܝ | ܩܪܩܣܝܟܘܢ | ܩܪܩܣܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܩܪܩܣܐ | 3rd person | ܩܪܩܣܘܗܝ | ܩܪܩܣܝܗ | ܩܪܩܣܝܗܘܢ | ܩܪܩܣܝܗܝܢ | ||
Etymology 3
Univerbation of ܥܩܪ (ʕqar) + ܩܝܣܐ (qaysā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [qarqɑse], [q(ə)rɑqse]
Noun
ܩܪܩܣܐ • (qarqāsē) m (plural only; not used in singular form)
- chess pieces; draughts, checkers
- (dialectal) driftwood
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | — | 1st person | — | — | |||
| construct | — | 2nd person | — | — | — | — | ||
| emphatic | — | 3rd person | — | — | — | — | ||
| plural | absolute | ܩܪܩܣܝܢ | 1st person | ܩܪܩܣܝ | ܩܪܩܣܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܩܪܩܣܝ | 2nd person | ܩܪܩܣܝܟ | ܩܪܩܣܝܟܝ | ܩܪܩܣܝܟܘܢ | ܩܪܩܣܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | 3rd person | ܩܪܩܣܘܗܝ | ܩܪܩܣܝܗ | ܩܪܩܣܝܗܘܢ | ܩܪܩܣܝܗܝܢ | |||
References
- “qrqs2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 26 May 2013
- “qrqs4”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 26 May 2013
- “qwrqs2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 26 May 2013
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 332a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 521b
- 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 1416b