ܟܘܢܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kunnɑʃɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [kunnɑʃe] (in the plural)

Noun

ܟܘܢܫܐ • (kunnāšā) m (plural ܟܘܢܫܐ (kunnāšē))

1. collection, gathering (of things, money, etc.)
2. summoning, assembling, convoking
3. logical conclusion, reasoning, computation
4. recollection
5. (grammar) plural

Inflection

    inflection of ܟܘܢܫܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܟܘܢܫ	ܟܘܢܫܝܢ
construct	ܟܘܢܫ	ܟܘܢܫܝ
emphatic	ܟܘܢܫܐ	ܟܘܢܫܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܟܘܢܫܝ	ܟܘܢܫܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܟܘܢܫܟ	ܟܘܢܫܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܟܘܢܫܟܝ	ܟܘܢܫܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܟܘܢܫܗ	ܟܘܢܫܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܟܘܢܫܗ	ܟܘܢܫܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܟܘܢܫܢ	ܟܘܢܫܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܟܘܢܫܟܘܢ	ܟܘܢܫܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܟܘܢܫܟܝܢ	ܟܘܢܫܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܟܘܢܫܗܘܢ	ܟܘܢܫܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܟܘܢܫܗܝܢ	ܟܘܢܫܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: كُنَّاشَة (kunnāša), كُنَّاش (kunnāš)

References

• “kwnš”, 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 159a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 210a
• 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 610b