ܟܝܣܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Inherited from Aramaic כִּיסָא (kīsā, “sack; purse”); from Akkadian 𒋢𒃻𒉌𒌓 (kīsum, “leather bag for weights and silver”). Compare Arabic كِيس (kīs) and Hebrew כִּיס (kîs).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [kiːsaː]

Noun

ܟܝܼܣܵܐ • (kīsā) m (plural ܟܝܼܣܹ̈ܐ (kīsē) or ܟܝܼ̈ܣܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (kīsawwāṯā))

1. bag, sack, pouch

Derived terms

• ܟܝܼܣܬܵܐ (kīstā, “small bag”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒋢𒃻𒉌𒌓 (kīsu [^KUŠNIĜ₂.NA₄]), Arabic كِيس (kīs), Hebrew כִּיס (kîs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kisɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kise(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܝܣܐ • (kīsāʾ) m (plural ܟܝܣܐ)

1. bag, sack, pouch
2. purse
3. pocket

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܝܣܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܝܣ		1st person	ܟܝܣܝ		ܟܝܣܢ
	construct	ܟܝܣ		2nd person	ܟܝܣܟ	ܟܝܣܟܝ	ܟܝܣܟܘܢ	ܟܝܣܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܝܣܐ		3rd person	ܟܝܣܗ	ܟܝܣܗ	ܟܝܣܗܘܢ	ܟܝܣܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܟܝܣܝܢ		1st person	ܟܝܣܝ		ܟܝܣܝܢ
	construct	ܟܝܣܝ		2nd person	ܟܝܣܝܟ	ܟܝܣܝܟܝ	ܟܝܣܝܟܘܢ	ܟܝܣܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܝܣܐ		3rd person	ܟܝܣܘܗܝ	ܟܝܣܝܗ	ܟܝܣܝܗܘܢ	ܟܝܣܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܟܝܣܘܢܐ (kīsōnāʾ)

References

• “kys”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-10-18
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 155a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 213b
• 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. 620a