Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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Diminutive of ܩܝܣܐ (qaysā, stick).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [qajsonɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qajsone] (plural)

Noun

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ܩܝܣܘܢܐ (qaysōnām (plural ܩܝܣܘܢܐ (qaysōnē))

  1. small piece of wood; stem, stick, twig, branchlet, brushwood

Inflection

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References

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  • qyswn”, 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 319a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 504b
  • 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 1365a