ܩܘܫܬܐ
Classical Syriac
editEtymology 1
editAssimilated from earlier *ܩܘܫܛܐ (qūšṭāʾ); compare Arabic قِسْط (qisṭ), Hebrew קֹשְׁטְ (qōšṭ).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editܩܘܫܬܐ • (qūštāʾ) c(uncountable)
Inflection
editIrregular absolute and construct with a varying Waw.
declension of ܩܘܫܬܐ
state | singular (uncountable) |
---|---|
absolute | ܩܫܘܬ |
construct | ܩܫܘܬ |
emphatic | ܩܘܫܬܐ |
possessive forms | |
1st c. sg. (my) | ܩܘܫܬܝ |
2nd m. sg. (your) | ܩܘܫܬܟ |
2nd f. sg. (your) | ܩܘܫܬܟܝ |
3rd m. sg. (his) | ܩܘܫܬܗ |
3rd f. sg. (her) | ܩܘܫܬܗ |
1st c. pl. (our) | ܩܘܫܬܢ |
2nd m. pl. (your) | ܩܘܫܬܟܘܢ |
2nd f. pl. (your) | ܩܘܫܬܟܝܢ |
3rd m. pl. (their) | ܩܘܫܬܗܘܢ |
3rd f. pl. (their) | ܩܘܫܬܗܝܢ |
Etymology 2
editFrom Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos); compare Arabic قُسْط (qusṭ).
Alternative forms
edit- ܩܘܣܛܘܣ (qōsṭōs)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editܩܘܫܬܐ • (qōštāʾ) m(uncountable)
References
edit- “qwštˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-07
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 315a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 499a
- 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. 1346b
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