ܟܢܫ ܡܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܟܢܫ (k(ə)nāš, “gathering of”), construct form of ܟܢܫܐ (k(ə)nāšā) + ܡܝܐ (mayyā, “water”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [k(ə)nɑʃ majjɑ]

Noun

ܟܢܫ ܡܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m(uncountable)

  1. (pathology) dropsy (edema)

References

  • “knš”, 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 159a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 219b
  • 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 638b
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