ܩܡܨܐ

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

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

Noun

A locust

ܩܡܨܐ • (qamṣā) m (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

Inflection of ܩܡܨܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܩܡܨ		1st person	ܩܡܨܝ		ܩܡܨܢ
	construct	ܩܡܨ		2nd person	ܩܡܨܟ	ܩܡܨܟܝ	ܩܡܨܟܘܢ	ܩܡܨܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܡܨܐ		3rd person	ܩܡܨܗ	ܩܡܨܗ	ܩܡܨܗܘܢ	ܩܡܨܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܩܡܨܝܢ		1st person	ܩܡܨܝ		ܩܡܨܝܢ
	construct	ܩܡܨܝ		2nd person	ܩܡܨܝܟ	ܩܡܨܝܟܝ	ܩܡܨܝܟܘܢ	ܩܡܨܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܡܨܐ		3rd person	ܩܡܨܘܗܝ	ܩܡܨܝܗ	ܩܡܨܝܗܘܢ	ܩܡܨܝܗܝܢ

References

• “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