ܩܐܪܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܩܪܣܐ
• ܩܝܪܣܐ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καιρός (kairós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qe(ʔ)rsɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [qe(ʔ)rse(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܩܐܪܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܐܪܣܐ)

1. time

   Synonyms: ܫܥܬܐ, ܙܒܢܐ

2. season

   Synonyms: ܡܘܙܓܐ, ܙܒܢܐ, ܫܘܚܠܦܐ

3. right time, opportunity, occasion
4. misfortune, calamity, distress, difficulty

   Synonym: ܥܣܩܘܬܐ

5. war, battle, fighting, altercation, quarrel

   Synonyms: ܚܪܒܐ, ܩܪܒܐ

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܐܪܣܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܩܐܪܣ		1st person	ܩܐܪܣܝ		ܩܐܪܣܢ
	construct	ܩܐܪܣ		2nd person	ܩܐܪܣܟ	ܩܐܪܣܟܝ	ܩܐܪܣܟܘܢ	ܩܐܪܣܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܐܪܣܐ		3rd person	ܩܐܪܣܗ	ܩܐܪܣܗ	ܩܐܪܣܗܘܢ	ܩܐܪܣܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܩܐܪܣܝܢ		1st person	ܩܐܪܣܝ		ܩܐܪܣܝܢ
	construct	ܩܐܪܣܝ		2nd person	ܩܐܪܣܝܟ	ܩܐܪܣܝܟܝ	ܩܐܪܣܝܟܘܢ	ܩܐܪܣܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܐܪܣܐ		3rd person	ܩܐܪܣܘܗܝ	ܩܐܪܣܝܗ	ܩܐܪܣܝܗܘܢ	ܩܐܪܣܝܗܝܢ

References

• “qyrs”, 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. 331b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 486b
• 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. 1308a