ܟܝܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒋢𒃻𒉌𒌓 (kīsu [^KUŠNIĜ₂.NA₄]), Arabic كِيس (kīs), Hebrew כִּיס (kîs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kisɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kise(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܝܣܐ • (kīsāʾ) m (plural ܟܝܣܐ)

1. bag, sack, pouch
2. purse
3. pocket

Inflection

    inflection of ܟܝܣܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܟܝܣ	ܟܝܣܝܢ
construct	ܟܝܣ	ܟܝܣܝ
emphatic	ܟܝܣܐ	ܟܝܣܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܟܝܣܝ	ܟܝܣܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܟܝܣܟ	ܟܝܣܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܟܝܣܟܝ	ܟܝܣܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܟܝܣܗ	ܟܝܣܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܟܝܣܗ	ܟܝܣܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܟܝܣܢ	ܟܝܣܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܟܝܣܟܘܢ	ܟܝܣܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܟܝܣܟܝܢ	ܟܝܣܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܟܝܣܗܘܢ	ܟܝܣܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܟܝܣܗܝܢ	ܟܝܣܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܟܝܣܘܢܐ (kīsōnāʾ)

References

• “kys”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-10-18
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 155a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 213b
• 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. 620a