كنيسة

See also: کنیسه

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ك ن س (k-n-s), referring to congregation and sweeping together. Compare the Hebrew root כ־נ־ס (k-n-s), whence Hebrew כְּנֶסֶת (k'néset). Apparently, however, the sense of synagogue is a semantic loan from Aramaic כְּנִישְׁתָּא (kənīštā), כְּנִישָׁא (kənīšā), from the root כ־נ־שׁ (k-n-š), to which the Christian sense was added later.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.niː.sa/

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Noun

كَنِيسَة • (kanīsa) f (plural كَنَائِس (kanāʔis))

1. church (building and organization)
2. synagogue (building and organization)
3. (obsolete) a kind of palanquin or litter in which the rider conceals himself
   • a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎^[1], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 44 line 15:
   • a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎^[2], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 134 line 3:

Declension

Declension of noun كَنِيسَة (kanīsa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَنِيسَة kanīsa	الْكَنِيسَة al-kanīsa	كَنِيسَة kanīsat
Nominative	كَنِيسَةٌ kanīsatun	الْكَنِيسَةُ al-kanīsatu	كَنِيسَةُ kanīsatu
Accusative	كَنِيسَةً kanīsatan	الْكَنِيسَةَ al-kanīsata	كَنِيسَةَ kanīsata
Genitive	كَنِيسَةٍ kanīsatin	الْكَنِيسَةِ al-kanīsati	كَنِيسَةِ kanīsati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَنِيسَتَيْن kanīsatayn	الْكَنِيسَتَيْن al-kanīsatayn	كَنِيسَتَيْ kanīsatay
Nominative	كَنِيسَتَانِ kanīsatāni	الْكَنِيسَتَانِ al-kanīsatāni	كَنِيسَتَا kanīsatā
Accusative	كَنِيسَتَيْنِ kanīsatayni	الْكَنِيسَتَيْنِ al-kanīsatayni	كَنِيسَتَيْ kanīsatay
Genitive	كَنِيسَتَيْنِ kanīsatayni	الْكَنِيسَتَيْنِ al-kanīsatayni	كَنِيسَتَيْ kanīsatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَنَائِس kanāʔis	الْكَنَائِس al-kanāʔis	كَنَائِس kanāʔis
Nominative	كَنَائِسُ kanāʔisu	الْكَنَائِسُ al-kanāʔisu	كَنَائِسُ kanāʔisu
Accusative	كَنَائِسَ kanāʔisa	الْكَنَائِسَ al-kanāʔisa	كَنَائِسَ kanāʔisa
Genitive	كَنَائِسَ kanāʔisa	الْكَنَائِسِ al-kanāʔisi	كَنَائِسِ kanāʔisi

Synonyms

• (church, synagogue): بِيعَة (bīʕa)

Derived terms

• كَنَسِيّ (kanasiyy)

Descendants

• → Swahili: kanisa
• → Malay: kanisah
  • Indonesian: kanisah, kenisah
• Maltese: knisja

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 275
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “كنيسة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[3] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 64
• Michael Jan de Goeje, editor (1879), Indices, glossarium et addenda et emendanda ad part. I–III (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 7)‎^[4] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1879, page 343
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “كنيسة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[5], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2633–2634

Further reading

• كنيسة on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كَنِيسَة (kanīsa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.niː.se/, [kaˈniː.se]
• IPA^(key): /ka.niː.sa/, [kaˈniː.sa]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

كنيسة • (kanīse) f (plural كنايس (kanāyes))

1. church (building)
2. Church (institution)

See also

• كنيس (kanīs) (synagogue)