Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek κάδος (kádos). Borrowed from Aramaic into Arabic قَادُوس (qādūs).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [qadsɑ], [qaddəsɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qadse], [qaddəse] (plural)

Noun edit

ܩܕܣܐ (qadsā, qaddəsām (plural ܩܕܣܐ (qadsē, qaddəsē))

  1. metal pot, cauldron/caldron, kettle
  2. helmet, galea

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Old Armenian: կաթսայ (katʿsay)

References edit

  • qds”, 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 310b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 491a
  • 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 1319b