ܬܟܣܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܟ-ܣ-ܐ (k-s-ʾ) related to covering. Compare Arabic تَكْسِيَة (taksiya) and Hebrew תַּכְסִית (taḵsîṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [taxsiθɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [taxs(ə)jɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܬܟܣܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܬܟܣܝܬܐ)

1. covering, garment, vesture, cloak, veil
2. kerchief
3. awning

Inflection

    declension of ܬܟܣܝܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܬܟܣܝ	ܬܟܣܝܢ
construct	ܬܟܣܝܬ	ܬܟܣܝܬ
emphatic	ܬܟܣܝܬܐ	ܬܟܣܝܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܬܟܣܝܬܝ	ܬܟܣܝܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܬܟܣܝܬܟ	ܬܟܣܝܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܬܟܣܝܬܟܝ	ܬܟܣܝܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܬܟܣܝܬܗ	ܬܟܣܝܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܬܟܣܝܬܗ	ܬܟܣܝܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܬܟܣܝܬܢ	ܬܟܣܝܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܬܟܣܝܬܟܘܢ	ܬܟܣܝܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܬܟܣܝܬܟܝܢ	ܬܟܣܝܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܬܟܣܝܬܗܘܢ	ܬܟܣܝܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܬܟܣܝܬܗܝܢ	ܬܟܣܝܬܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɑxsɑjtɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tɑxsɑjɑθɑ] (plural)

Adjective

ܬܟܣܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. feminine emphatic singular of ܬܟܣܝܐ
2. feminine emphatic plural of ܬܟܣܝܐ

References

• “tksy”, 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, p. 159b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 612b
• 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, p. 1645b