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 • (kīsām (plural ܟܝܼܣܹ̈ܐ (kīsē) or ܟܝܼ̈ܣܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (kīsawwāṯā))

  1. bag, sack, pouch

Derived terms

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 • (kīsām (plural ܟܝܣܐ)

  1. bag, sack, pouch
  2. purse
  3. pocket

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܝܣܐ
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