ܟܘܫܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܟ-ܫ-ܪ (k-š-r) related to being fit. Compare Hebrew כֹּשֶׁר (kṓšer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kuʃrɑ(ʔ)], [kuʃʃɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kuʃre(ʔ)], [kuʃʃɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܘܫܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܘܫܪܐ)

1. skill, ability, advantage
2. ingenuity, diligence, activity, vigour, assiduity
3. prosperity, success
4. (in the plural) riches

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܘܫܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܘܫܪ		1st person	ܟܘܫܪܝ		ܟܘܫܪܢ
	construct	ܟܘܫܪ		2nd person	ܟܘܫܪܟ	ܟܘܫܪܟܝ	ܟܘܫܪܟܘܢ	ܟܘܫܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܘܫܪܐ		3rd person	ܟܘܫܪܗ	ܟܘܫܪܗ	ܟܘܫܪܗܘܢ	ܟܘܫܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܟܘܫܪܝܢ		1st person	ܟܘܫܪܝ		ܟܘܫܪܝܢ
	construct	ܟܘܫܪܝ		2nd person	ܟܘܫܪܝܟ	ܟܘܫܪܝܟܝ	ܟܘܫܪܝܟܘܢ	ܟܘܫܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܘܫܪܐ		3rd person	ܟܘܫܪܘܗܝ	ܟܘܫܪܝܗ	ܟܘܫܪܝܗܘܢ	ܟܘܫܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “kwšr”, 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, p. 164b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 212a
• 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, pp. 615b-616a