ܟܝܣܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic כִּיסָא (kīsā, “sack; purse”); from Akkadian 𒋢𒃻𒉌𒌓 (kīsum, “leather bag for weights and silver”). Compare Arabic كِيس (kīs) and Hebrew כִּיס (kîs).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [kiːsaː]
Noun
ܟܝܼܣܵܐ • (kīsā) m (plural ܟܝܼܣܹ̈ܐ (kīsē) or ܟܝܼ̈ܣܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (kīsawwāṯā))
Derived terms
- ܟܝܼܣܬܵܐ (kīstā, “small bag”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Compare Akkadian 𒋢𒃻𒉌𒌓 (kīsu [KUŠNIĜ2.NA4]), Arabic كِيس (kīs), Hebrew כִּיס (kîs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kisɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [kise] (plural)
Noun
ܟܝܣܐ • (kīsā) m (plural ܟܝܣܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܝܣ | 1st person | ܟܝܣܝ | ܟܝܣܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܝܣ | 2nd person | ܟܝܣܟ | ܟܝܣܟܝ | ܟܝܣܟܘܢ | ܟܝܣܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܝܣܐ | 3rd person | ܟܝܣܗ | ܟܝܣܗ | ܟܝܣܗܘܢ | ܟܝܣܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܟܝܣܝܢ | 1st person | ܟܝܣܝ | ܟܝܣܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܝܣܝ | 2nd person | ܟܝܣܝܟ | ܟܝܣܝܟܝ | ܟܝܣܝܟܘܢ | ܟܝܣܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܝܣܐ | 3rd person | ܟܝܣܘܗܝ | ܟܝܣܝܗ | ܟܝܣܝܗܘܢ | ܟܝܣܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
- ܟܝܣܘܢܐ (kīsōnā)
References
- “kys”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 18 October 2011
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 155a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 213b
- 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, →ISBN, page 620a