ܩܣܛܘܢܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κουεστιονάριος (kouestionários), from Late Latin quaestiōnārius, from quaestiō + -ārius, from quaerō (“I question”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qɛstˤonɑrɑ(ʔ)], [qastˤonɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qɛstˤonɑre(ʔ)], [qastˤonɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܣܛܘܢܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܣܛܘܢܪܐ)

1. torturer, executioner
2. guard, jailer

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܣܛܘܢܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܩܣܛܘܢܪ		1st person	ܩܣܛܘܢܪܝ		ܩܣܛܘܢܪܢ
	construct	ܩܣܛܘܢܪ		2nd person	ܩܣܛܘܢܪܟ	ܩܣܛܘܢܪܟܝ	ܩܣܛܘܢܪܟܘܢ	ܩܣܛܘܢܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܣܛܘܢܪܐ		3rd person	ܩܣܛܘܢܪܗ	ܩܣܛܘܢܪܗ	ܩܣܛܘܢܪܗܘܢ	ܩܣܛܘܢܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܩܣܛܘܢܪܝܢ		1st person	ܩܣܛܘܢܪܝ		ܩܣܛܘܢܪܝܢ
	construct	ܩܣܛܘܢܪܝ		2nd person	ܩܣܛܘܢܪܝܟ	ܩܣܛܘܢܪܝܟܝ	ܩܣܛܘܢܪܝܟܘܢ	ܩܣܛܘܢܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܣܛܘܢܪܐ		3rd person	ܩܣܛܘܢܪܘܗܝ	ܩܣܛܘܢܪܝܗ	ܩܣܛܘܢܪܝܗܘܢ	ܩܣܛܘܢܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “qsṭwnr”, 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. 324b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 511b
• 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. 1387a