ܩܫܝܫܘܬܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From ܩܫܝܫܐ (qaššīšā, “elder”), from the root ܩ ܫ ܫ related to growing old + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā). Compare Hebrew קְשִׁישׁוּת (qəšîšûṯ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [qaʃʃiʃuθɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [qaʃʃiʃwɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܩܫܝܫܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܩܫܝܫܘܬܐ)
- old age
- seniority, precedence
- primogeniture, birthright
- priority, antiquity, ancientness
- council, senate
- (Christianity) priesthood, presbytery
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܩܫܝܫܘ | 1st person | ܩܫܝܫܘܬܝ | ܩܫܝܫܘܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܩܫܝܫܘܬ | 2nd person | ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟ | ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟܝ | ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟܘܢ | ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܩܫܝܫܘܬܐ | 3rd person | ܩܫܝܫܘܬܗ | ܩܫܝܫܘܬܗ | ܩܫܝܫܘܬܗܘܢ | ܩܫܝܫܘܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܩܫܝܫܘܢ | 1st person | ܩܫܝܫܘܬܝ | ܩܫܝܫܘܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܩܫܝܫܘܬ | 2nd person | ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟ | ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟܝ | ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟܘܢ | ܩܫܝܫܘܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܩܫܝܫܘܬܐ | 3rd person | ܩܫܝܫܘܬܗ | ܩܫܝܫܘܬܗ | ܩܫܝܫܘܬܗܘܢ | 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, page 332b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, →ISBN, page 1420a