ܩܫܝܫܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܩܫܝܫܐ (qaššīšāʾ, “elder”), from the root ܩ-ܫ-ܫ (q-š-š) related to growing old + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ). Compare Hebrew קְשִׁישׁוּת (qəšîšûṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qaʃʃiʃuθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qaʃʃiʃwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܫܝܫܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܩܫܝܫܘܬܐ)

1. old age
2. seniority, precedence
3. primogeniture, birthright
4. priority, antiquity, ancientness
5. council, senate
6. (Christianity) priesthood, presbytery

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܫܝܫܘܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܩܫܝܫܘ		1st person	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܝ		ܩܫܝܫܘܬܢ
	construct	ܩܫܝܫܘܬ		2nd person	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟܝ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟܘܢ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܗ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܗ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܗܘܢ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܩܫܝܫܘܢ		1st person	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܝ		ܩܫܝܫܘܬܢ
	construct	ܩܫܝܫܘܬ		2nd person	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟܝ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟܘܢ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܗ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܗ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܗܘܢ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• “qšyšw”, 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. 332b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 522b
• 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. 1420a