ܩܫܝܫܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܩܫܝܫܐ (qaššīšāʾ, “elder”), from the root ܩ-ܫ-ܫ (q-š-š) related to growing old + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ). Compare Hebrew קְשִׁישׁוּת (qəšîšûṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qaʃʃiʃuθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qaʃʃiʃwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܫܝܫܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܩܫܝܫܘܬܐ)

1. old age
2. seniority, precedence
3. primogeniture, birthright
4. priority, antiquity, ancientness
5. council, senate
6. (Christianity) priesthood, presbytery

Inflection

    declension of ܩܫܝܫܘܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܩܫܝܫܘ	ܩܫܝܫܘܢ
construct	ܩܫܝܫܘܬ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬ
emphatic	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܐ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܝ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟܝ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܗ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܗ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܢ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟܘܢ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟܝܢ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܗܘܢ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܗܝܢ	ܩܫܝܫܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• “qšyšw”, 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, p. 332b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 522b
• 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, p. 1420a