ܟܘܢܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܟ-ܢ-ܫ (k-n-š) related to gathering.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kunnɑʃɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [kunnɑʃe] (in the plural)

Noun

ܟܘܢܫܐ • (kunnāšā) m (plural ܟܘܢܫܐ (kunnāšē))

1. collection, gathering (of things, money, etc.)
2. summoning, assembling, convoking
3. logical conclusion, reasoning, computation
4. recollection
5. (grammar) plural

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܘܢܫܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܘܢܫ		1st person	ܟܘܢܫܝ		ܟܘܢܫܢ
	construct	ܟܘܢܫ		2nd person	ܟܘܢܫܟ	ܟܘܢܫܟܝ	ܟܘܢܫܟܘܢ	ܟܘܢܫܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܘܢܫܐ		3rd person	ܟܘܢܫܗ	ܟܘܢܫܗ	ܟܘܢܫܗܘܢ	ܟܘܢܫܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܟܘܢܫܝܢ		1st person	ܟܘܢܫܝ		ܟܘܢܫܝܢ
	construct	ܟܘܢܫܝ		2nd person	ܟܘܢܫܝܟ	ܟܘܢܫܝܟܝ	ܟܘܢܫܝܟܘܢ	ܟܘܢܫܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܘܢܫܐ		3rd person	ܟܘܢܫܘܗܝ	ܟܘܢܫܝܗ	ܟܘܢܫܝܗܘܢ	ܟܘܢܫܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: كُنَّاشَة (kunnāša), كُنَّاش (kunnāš)

References

• “kwnš”, 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 159a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 210a
• 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, page 610b