ܩܕܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάδος (kádos). Borrowed from Aramaic into Arabic قَادُوس (qādūs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qadsɑ], [qaddəsɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [qadse], [qaddəse] (in the plural)

Noun

ܩܕܣܐ • (qadsā, qaddəsā) m (plural ܩܕܣܐ (qadsē, qaddəsē))

1. metal pot, cauldron/caldron, kettle
2. helmet, galea

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܕܣܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܩܕܣ		1st person	ܩܕܣܝ		ܩܕܣܢ
	construct	ܩܕܣ		2nd person	ܩܕܣܟ	ܩܕܣܟܝ	ܩܕܣܟܘܢ	ܩܕܣܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܕܣܐ		3rd person	ܩܕܣܗ	ܩܕܣܗ	ܩܕܣܗܘܢ	ܩܕܣܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܩܕܣܝܢ		1st person	ܩܕܣܝ		ܩܕܣܝܢ
	construct	ܩܕܣܝ		2nd person	ܩܕܣܝܟ	ܩܕܣܝܟܝ	ܩܕܣܝܟܘܢ	ܩܕܣܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܕܣܐ		3rd person	ܩܕܣܘܗܝ	ܩܕܣܝܗ	ܩܕܣܝܗܘܢ	ܩܕܣܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: կաթսայ (katʻsay)
  • → Armenian: կաթսա (katʻsa)

References

• “qds”, 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, page 310b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 491a
• 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, page 1319b