ܟܘܪܣܝܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Akkadian 𒄖𒍝 (kussû), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sumerian 𒄖𒍝 (gu.za). Compare Arabic كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy), Hebrew כִּסֵּא (kissēʾ), and Ugaritic 𐎋𐎒𐎜 (ksủ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kurs(ə)jɑ(ʔ)] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "singular" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • IPA(key): [kurs(ə)je(ʔ)], [kursawwɑθɑ(ʔ)] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "plural" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.

Noun

ܟܘܪܣܝܐ (kursəyām (plural ܟܘܪܣܘܬܐ or ܟܘܪܣܝܐ)

  1. seat, chair
  2. throne
  3. (ecclesiastical) episcopal see
  4. diocese, jurisdiction
  5. authority
  6. head, leader
  7. palanquin, litter, sedan chair
  8. (architecture) pier, column, base

Inflection

References

  • kwrsy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-10-17
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 154a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 211b
  • 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. 614b