ܩܘܫܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Assimilated from earlier *ܩܘܫܛܐ (qūšṭā); compare Arabic قِسْط (qisṭ), Hebrew קֹשְׁטְ (qōšṭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [quʃtɑ]

Noun

ܩܘܫܬܐ • (qūštāc(uncountable)

  1. truth, verity
  2. right, rectitude, justice
Inflection
Inflection of ܩܘܫܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܩܫܘܬ 1st person ܩܘܫܬܝ ܩܘܫܬܢ
construct ܩܫܘܬ 2nd person ܩܘܫܬܟ ܩܘܫܬܟܝ ܩܘܫܬܟܘܢ ܩܘܫܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܩܘܫܬܐ 3rd person ܩܘܫܬܗ ܩܘܫܬܗ ܩܘܫܬܗܘܢ ܩܘܫܬܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos); compare Arabic قُسْط (qusṭ).

Alternative forms

  • ܩܘܣܛܘܣ (qōsṭōs)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qoʃtɑ]

Noun

ܩܘܫܬܐ • (qōštām(uncountable)

  1. (botany) aromatic plant; crepe ginger, spiral ginger, costmary, tansy, labdanum

References

  • qwštˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 7 June 2011
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 315a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 499a
  • 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 1346b