ܩܘܫܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Assimilated from earlier *ܩܘܫܛܐ (qūšṭāʾ); compare Arabic قِسْط (qisṭ), Hebrew קֹשְׁטְ (qōšṭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [quʃtɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܩܘܫܬܐ • (qūštāʾ) c (uncountable)

1. truth, verity
2. right, rectitude, justice

Inflection

Irregular absolute and construct with a varying Waw.

    declension of ܩܘܫܬܐ

state	singular (uncountable)
absolute	ܩܫܘܬ
construct	ܩܫܘܬ
emphatic	ܩܘܫܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܩܘܫܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܩܘܫܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܩܘܫܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܩܘܫܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܩܘܫܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܩܘܫܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܩܘܫܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܩܘܫܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܩܘܫܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܩܘܫܬܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos); compare Arabic قُسْط (qusṭ).

Alternative forms

• ܩܘܣܛܘܣ (qōsṭōs)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qoʃtɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܩܘܫܬܐ • (qōštāʾ) m (uncountable)

1. (botany) aromatic plant; crape ginger, spiral ginger, costmary, tansy, labdanum

References

• “qwštˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-07
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 315a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 499a
• 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. 1346b