Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Root
ܟ ܢ ܫ (k n š)
8 terms
 
ܟܢܘܫܬܐ

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Arabic كَنِيس (kanīs), كَنِيسَة (kanīsa) and Hebrew כְּנֶסֶת (k'néset).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [kənuʃ.tɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃənuʃ.tɑː]

Noun edit

ܟܢܘܼܫܬܵܐ (knuštāf sg (plural ܟܢܘܼܫܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ (knušyātē))

  1. synagogue (building where a Jewish or Samaritan congregation meets for religious worship and instruction)
  2. congregation, assembly, community
Inflection edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [kɑːnoʃːtɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [kanɪʃta]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃɑːnoʃ.tɑː]

Noun edit

ܟܵܢܘܿܫܬܵܐ (kānōštāf sg (plural ܟܵܢܘܿܫܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ (kānōšyātē), masculine ܟܵܢܘܿܫܵܐ (kānōšā))

  1. sweeper, one who sweeps
  2. broom
    Synonym: ܡܲܟ݂ܢܲܫܬܵܐ (maḵnaštā)
Inflection edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܟ-ܢ-ܫ (k-n-š) related to gathering. Compare Arabic كَنِيسَة (kanīsa) and Hebrew כְּנֶסֶת (kənéseṯ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [k(ə)nuʃtɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [k(ə)nuʃe], [k(ə)nuʃɑθɑ], [k(ə)nuʃjɑθɑ], [k(ə)nuʃwɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun edit

ܟܢܘܫܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܟܢܘܫܘܬܐ or ܟܢܘܫܝܬܐ or ܟܢܘܫܬܐ or ܟܢܘܫܐ)

  1. congregation, assembly, community
  2. choir, company
  3. house of worship; temple, synagogue, church
  4. school

Inflection edit

References edit

  • knwšh”, 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 158b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, page 634a