ܩܘܫܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Assimilated from earlier *ܩܘܫܛܐ (qūšṭāʾ); compare Arabic قِسْط (qisṭ), Hebrew קֹשְׁטְ (qōšṭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [quʃtɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܩܘܫܬܐ • (qūštāʾ) c(uncountable)

1. truth, verity
2. right, rectitude, justice

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܘܫܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܩܫܘܬ		1st person	ܩܘܫܬܝ		ܩܘܫܬܢ
	construct	ܩܫܘܬ		2nd person	ܩܘܫܬܟ	ܩܘܫܬܟܝ	ܩܘܫܬܟܘܢ	ܩܘܫܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܘܫܬܐ		3rd person	ܩܘܫܬܗ	ܩܘܫܬܗ	ܩܘܫܬܗܘܢ	ܩܘܫܬܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos); compare Arabic قُسْط (qusṭ).

Alternative forms

• ܩܘܣܛܘܣ (qōsṭōs)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qoʃtɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܩܘܫܬܐ • (qōštāʾ) m(uncountable)

1. (botany) aromatic plant; crape ginger, spiral ginger, costmary, tansy, labdanum

References

• “qwštˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-07
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 315a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 499a
• 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. 1346b