Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Root
ܟ ܢ ܫ (k n š)
8 terms

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [kənuʃ.jɑː]

Noun edit

ܟܢܘܼܫܝܵܐ (knušyām sg (plural ܟܢܘܼܫܝܹ̈ܐ (knušyē))

  1. society, community
  2. convocation, congregation, assembly, gathering
  3. council, synod, convent

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܟ-ܢ-ܫ (k-n-š) related to gathering.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [k(ə)nuʃjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [k(ə)nuʃje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܟܢܘܫܝܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܟܢܘܫܝܐ)

  1. convocation, congregation, assembly, gathering
  2. council, synod
  3. convent, community
  4. (grammar) plural, plural form

Inflection edit

References edit

  • knwšy”, 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. 159a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 218a
  • 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. 633b