ܩܕܝܫܘܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܩ ܕ ܫ (q d š)
5 terms

From ܩܲܕܝܼܫܵܐ (qadīšā, holy) +‎ -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā, the abstract noun ending).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [qaddiːʃuːθaː]

Noun

ܩܲܕܝܼܫܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (qadīšūṯāf sg (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable) holiness, sanctity
  2. (used with possessive suffixes as a title of the Patriarch) Holiness

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܲܕܝܼܫܘܼܬܵܐ
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute ܩܲܕܝܼܫܘܼܵܐ (qadīšūwā) 1st person ܩܲܕܝܼܫܘܼܬܝܼ (qadīšūtī) ܩܲܕܝܼܫܘܼܬܲܢ (qadīšūtan)
construct ܩܲܕܝܼܫܘܼܲܬ݂ (qadīšūwaṯ) 2nd person ܩܲܕܝܼܫܘܼܬܘܼܟ݂ (qadīšūtōḵ) ܩܲܕܝܼܫܘܼܬܵܟ݂ܝ (qadīšūtāḵ) ܩܲܕܝܼܫܘܼܬܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qadīšūtawḵōn)
emphatic ܩܲܕܝܼܫܘܼܬܵܐ (qadīšūtā) 3rd person ܩܲܕܝܼܫܘܼܬܹܗ (qadīšūtēh) ܩܲܕܝܼܫܘܼܬܵܗ̇ (qadīšūtāh) ܩܲܕܝܼܫܘܼܬܗܘܿܢ (qadīšuthōn)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܩܕܝܫ (qaddīš, holy), from the root ܩ ܕ ܫ related to holiness + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qaddiʃuθɑ]

Noun

ܩܕܝܫܘܬܐ • (transliteration neededf(uncountable)

  1. holiness, sanctity
  2. sanctification, consecration
  3. (collectively) saints, holy ones
  4. celibacy, chastity, virginity
  5. (used with possessive suffixes as a title) Holiness

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܕܝܫܘܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܩܕܝܫܘ 1st person ܩܕܝܫܘܬܝ ܩܕܝܫܘܬܢ
construct ܩܕܝܫܘܬ 2nd person ܩܕܝܫܘܬܟ ܩܕܝܫܘܬܟܝ ܩܕܝܫܘܬܟܘܢ ܩܕܝܫܘܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܩܕܝܫܘܬܐ 3rd person ܩܕܝܫܘܬܗ ܩܕܝܫܘܬܗ ܩܕܝܫܘܬܗܘܢ ܩܕܝܫܘܬܗܝܢ

References

  • qdyšw”, 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 311a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 490a
  • 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, →ISBN, page 1316b