ܩܝܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒄑𒌁 (qištum, “forest, grove, woodland”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qajsɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qajse] (plural)

Noun

ܩܝܣܐ • (qaysā) m (plural ܩܝܣܐ (qaysē))

1. wood
2. tree

   Synonym: ܐܝܠܢܐ

3. wooden object; stick, stake
4. gibbet, gallows; crucifix; (rare) stocks
5. one pound weight
6. ounce, two drachms
7. (rare) handle (of bell, axe, etc.)
8. (rare, nautical) rudder

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܝܣܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܩܝܣ		1st person	ܩܝܣܝ		ܩܝܣܢ
	construct	ܩܝܣ		2nd person	ܩܝܣܟ	ܩܝܣܟܝ	ܩܝܣܟܘܢ	ܩܝܣܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܝܣܐ		3rd person	ܩܝܣܗ	ܩܝܣܗ	ܩܝܣܗܘܢ	ܩܝܣܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܩܝܣܝܢ		1st person	ܩܝܣܝ		ܩܝܣܝܢ
	construct	ܩܝܣܝ		2nd person	ܩܝܣܝܟ	ܩܝܣܝܟܝ	ܩܝܣܝܟܘܢ	ܩܝܣܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܝܣܐ		3rd person	ܩܝܣܘܗܝ	ܩܝܣܝܗ	ܩܝܣܝܗܘܢ	ܩܝܣܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܩܝܣܘܢܐ

References

• “qys”, 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 319a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 504b
• 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, pages 1364b-1365a