ܩܘܠܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܩ-ܠ-ܣ related to praising, from Ancient Greek καλῶς (kalôs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qullɑsɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [qullɑse(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܩܘܠܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܘܠܣܐ)

1. praise, good report
2. eulogy, panegyric
3. (ecclesiastical) deacon's liturgical exclamation

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܘܠܣܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܩܘܠܣ		1st person	ܩܘܠܣܝ		ܩܘܠܣܢ
	construct	ܩܘܠܣ		2nd person	ܩܘܠܣܟ	ܩܘܠܣܟܝ	ܩܘܠܣܟܘܢ	ܩܘܠܣܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܘܠܣܐ		3rd person	ܩܘܠܣܗ	ܩܘܠܣܗ	ܩܘܠܣܗܘܢ	ܩܘܠܣܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܩܘܠܣܝܢ		1st person	ܩܘܠܣܝ		ܩܘܠܣܝܢ
	construct	ܩܘܠܣܝ		2nd person	ܩܘܠܣܝܟ	ܩܘܠܣܝܟܝ	ܩܘܠܣܝܟܘܢ	ܩܘܠܣܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܘܠܣܐ		3rd person	ܩܘܠܣܘܗܝ	ܩܘܠܣܝܗ	ܩܘܠܣܝܗܘܢ	ܩܘܠܣܝܗܝܢ

References

• “qwls”, 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. 320b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 404a
• 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. 1329b