ܩܫܝܫܬܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܩ ܫ ܫ related to growing old. Compare Hebrew קְשִׁישָׁה (qəšīšā́).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [qaʃʃiʃtɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [qaʃʃiʃɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܩܫܝܫܬܐ • (qaššīštā) f (plural ܩܫܝܫܬܐ (qaššīšāṯā), singular masculine counterpart ܩܫܝܫܐ (qaššīšā))
- ancient, ancestor, foremother
- elder, grandmother
- (Christianity) priestess, pastoress, presbyteress
- chief or presider of a banquet; host
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܩܫܝܫܐ | 1st person | ܩܫܝܫܬܝ | ܩܫܝܫܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܩܫܝܫܬ | 2nd person | ܩܫܝܫܬܟ | ܩܫܝܫܬܟܝ | ܩܫܝܫܬܟܘܢ | ܩܫܝܫܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܩܫܝܫܬܐ | 3rd person | ܩܫܝܫܬܗ | ܩܫܝܫܬܗ | ܩܫܝܫܬܗܘܢ | ܩܫܝܫܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܩܫܝܫܢ | 1st person | ܩܫܝܫܬܢ | ܩܫܝܫܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܩܫܝܫܬ | 2nd person | ܩܫܝܫܬܟ | ܩܫܝܫܬܟܝ | ܩܫܝܫܬܟܘܢ | ܩܫܝܫܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܩܫܝܫܬܐ | 3rd person | ܩܫܝܫܬܗ | ܩܫܝܫܬܗ | ܩܫܝܫܬܗܘܢ | ܩܫܝܫܬܗܝܢ | ||
Descendants
- → Arabic: قِسِّيسَة (qissīsa)
References
- “qšyšh”, 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 332b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 522b
- 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 1419b