Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

 
ܩܫܒ̈ܐ

Etymology edit

From Aramaic קַשְׁבָּא (qašbā), from Akkadian 𒋡𒀾𒁉 (/⁠qašbu⁠/); also found in Arabic قَسْب (qasb).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [qaʃ.bɑː]

Noun edit

ܩܲܫܒܵܐ (qašbām sg (plural ܩܲܫܒܹ̈ܐ (qašbē))

  1. dried date

Inflection edit

See also edit

Classical Syriac edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Akkadian 𒋡𒀾𒁉 (/⁠qašbu⁠/). Also found in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic קַשְׁבָּא (qašbā) and Arabic قَسْب (qasb).

Noun edit

ܩܫܒܐ (qašbām (plural ܩܫܒܐ (qašbē))

  1. dried date
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܩ-ܫ-ܒ (q-š-b) related to awareness. Compare Hebrew קֶשֶׁב (qéšeḇ).

Noun edit

ܩܫܒܐ (qašbām (plural ܩܫܒܐ (qašbē))

  1. sign, beckoning
Inflection edit

References edit

  • qšb”, 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 333a
  • 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, pages 1418a–b