ܟܘܣܟܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒆕𒍠𒂵 (/⁠kaskasu⁠/, “a certain cut of sheep meat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kusˈkɑ.sɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kusˈkɑ.se] (plural)

Noun

ܟܘܣܟܣܐ • (kūskāsā) m (plural ܟܘܣܟܣܐ)

1. removal of flesh
2. (anatomy) cartilage

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܘܣܟܣܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܘܣܟܣ		1st person	ܟܘܣܟܣܝ		ܟܘܣܟܣܢ
	construct	ܟܘܣܟܣ		2nd person	ܟܘܣܟܣܟ	ܟܘܣܟܣܟܝ	ܟܘܣܟܣܟܘܢ	ܟܘܣܟܣܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܘܣܟܣܐ		3rd person	ܟܘܣܟܣܗ	ܟܘܣܟܣܗ	ܟܘܣܟܣܗܘܢ	ܟܘܣܟܣܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܟܘܣܟܣܝܢ		1st person	ܟܘܣܟܣܝ		ܟܘܣܟܣܝܢ
	construct	ܟܘܣܟܣܝ		2nd person	ܟܘܣܟܣܝܟ	ܟܘܣܟܣܝܟܝ	ܟܘܣܟܣܝܟܘܢ	ܟܘܣܟܣܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܘܣܟܣܐ		3rd person	ܟܘܣܟܣܘܗܝ	ܟܘܣܟܣܝܗ	ܟܘܣܟܣܝܗܘܢ	ܟܘܣܟܣܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• (cartilage): ܚܣܚܘܣܐ (ḥasḥūsā), ܟܬܟܘܬܐ (kaṯkūṯā)

References

• “kwsks”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-11-20
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 611a