ܩܫܝܫܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܩ-ܫ-ܫ (q-š-š) related to growing old. Compare Hebrew קְשִׁישָׁה (qəšīšā́).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qaʃʃiʃtɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qaʃʃiʃɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܩܫܝܫܬܐ • (qaššīštā) f (plural ܩܫܝܫܬܐ (qaššīšāṯā), singular masculine counterpart ܩܫܝܫܐ (qaššīšā))

1. ancient, ancestor, foremother
2. elder, grandmother
3. (Christianity) priestess, pastoress, presbyteress
4. chief or presider of a banquet; host

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܫܝܫܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܩܫܝܫܐ		1st person	ܩܫܝܫܬܝ		ܩܫܝܫܬܢ
	construct	ܩܫܝܫܬ		2nd person	ܩܫܝܫܬܟ	ܩܫܝܫܬܟܝ	ܩܫܝܫܬܟܘܢ	ܩܫܝܫܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܫܝܫܬܐ		3rd person	ܩܫܝܫܬܗ	ܩܫܝܫܬܗ	ܩܫܝܫܬܗܘܢ	ܩܫܝܫܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܩܫܝܫܢ		1st person	ܩܫܝܫܬܢ		ܩܫܝܫܬܢ
	construct	ܩܫܝܫܬ		2nd person	ܩܫܝܫܬܟ	ܩܫܝܫܬܟܝ	ܩܫܝܫܬܟܘܢ	ܩܫܝܫܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܫܝܫܬܐ		3rd person	ܩܫܝܫܬܗ	ܩܫܝܫܬܗ	ܩܫܝܫܬܗܘܢ	ܩܫܝܫܬܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: قِسِّيسَة (qissīsa)

References

• “qšyšh”, 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 332b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, page 1419b