ܠܟܣ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܠܟܸܣ

ܬ݇ܚܘܿܬ݂

Prepositions of location

Uncertain:

Possibly from ܠ- (l-, “to, at”) +‎ ܓܸܣ (gis, “side of”), with a shift from /ɡ/ to /k/, but this does not explain the presence of the second /l/ that exists in possessive forms.
Possibly from an unattested *ܟܸܣܠܵܐ (*kislā, “loins”), cognate to or borrowed from Akkadian kislum (“loins”) or perhaps strengthened by it. This explains the second /l/ that exists in its possessive forms.^[1]

ܠܟܸܣ • (l-kis)

chez; to, at, in or into the home, office, etc. of
Synonym: ܓܹܢ݇ܒ (gēb)

ܠܟܸܣ ܠܝܼ ― l-kis lī ― at my place

ܠܟܸܣ ܠܹܗ ― l-kis lēh ― at his place

ܠܟܸܣ ܡܲܪܝܲܡ ― l-kis maryam ― at Maryam’s

ܠܟܸܣ ܐܵܣܝܵܐ ܕܟܹܟܹ̈ܐ ― l-kis āsyā d-kēkē ― at the dentist

ܟܹܐ ܥܵܒ݂ܪܹܢ ܠܟܸܣ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ، ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܕܝܼܠܹܗ ܠܟܸܣ ܠܝܼ
kē ˁāḇrēn l-kis lāwḵōn, ayḵ d-īlēh l-kis lī
I enter your place, as it was my place.
with, in the possession of.
Synonyms: ܓܹܢ݇ܒ (gēb), ܥܲܡ (ˁam)

ܠܹܐ ܬܲܚܡܸܢ، ܝܵܠܹ̈ܕ݇ܐ ܠܟܸܣ ܠܝܼ ܝܢܵܐ.
lē taḥmin, yālē l-kis lī ìnā.
Don’t worry, the children are with me.
next to, near, towards, by, alongside.
Synonyms: ܓܹܢ݇ܒ (gēb), ܠܕܸܦܢܵܐ ܕ- (ldipnā d-), ܐܲܦܹ̈ܐ ܕ- (appē d-)

Inflection of *ܠܟܸܣ*

base form			ܠܟܸܣ (lkis)
Personal-pronoun including forms
	singular		plural
	m	f	plural
1^st person	ܠܟܸܣ ܠܝܼ (lkis lī)		ܠܟܸܣ ܠܲܢ (lkis lan)
2^nd person	ܠܟܸܣ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (lkis lūḵ)	ܠܟܸܣ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (lkis lāḵ)	ܠܟܸܣ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (lkis lāwḵōn)
3^rd person	ܠܟܸܣ ܠܹܗ (lkis lēh)	ܠܟܸܣ ܠܵܗ̇ (lkis lāh)	ܠܟܸܣ ܠܗܘܿܢ (lkis lhōn)

^ Hezy Mutzafi (2006) “On the Etymology of Some Enigmatic Words in North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic”, in Sage Publications, pages 93–95