ܟܘܢܫܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root ܟ-ܢ-ܫ (k-n-š) related to gathering.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [kunnɑʃɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kunnɑʃe] (plural)

Noun[edit]

ܟܘܢܫܐ (kunnāšām (plural ܟܘܢܫܐ (kunnāšē))

  1. collection, gathering (of things, money, etc.)
  2. summoning, assembling, convoking
  3. logical conclusion, reasoning, computation
  4. recollection
  5. (grammar) plural

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Arabic: كُنَّاشَة (kunnāša), كُنَّاش (kunnāš)

References[edit]

  • kwnš”, 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 210a
  • 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, page 610b