ܩܡܨܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [qamsˤɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qamsˤe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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A locust

ܩܡܨܐ (qamṣām (plural ܩܡܨܐ)

  1. locust
    • 1886, Peshitta, Matthew 3.4:
      ܗܘ ܕܝܢ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ ܠܒܘܫܗ ܕܤܥܪܐ ܕܓܡܠܐ ܘܐܤܪ ܚܨܐ ܕܡܫܟܐ ܥܠ ܚܨܘܗܝ ܘܡܐܟܘܠܬܗ ܩܡܨܐ ܘܕܒܫܐ ܕܒܪܐ ܀
      John wore a garment of camel 's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey
  2. parsnip

Inflection

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References

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  • qmṣ”, 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. 322a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 509a
  • 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. 1379a