ܩܝܣܐ

Inherited from Aramaic קַיְסָא (qaysā); compare Akkadian 𒄑𒌁 (qištum, “forest, grove, woodland”).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [qajsaː]

ܩܲܝܣܵܐ • (qaysā) m (plural ܩܲܝ̈ܣܹܐ (qaysē) or ܩܲܝ̈ܣܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qaysawwāṯā))

1. (uncountable) wood (the substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree)

   Synonym: ܨܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ (ṣīḇā)

2. (by extension) wooden object or piece of wood; woodchip, stick, stake, etc.

   Synonyms: ܫܲܒܘܼܛܵܐ (šabūṭā), ܫܲܒܘܼܩܵܐ (šabūqā), ܚܘܼܛܪܵܐ (ḥuṭrā), ܨܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ (ṣīḇā)

3. tree (only in phrases of types of trees)

   Synonym: ܐܝܼܠܵܢܵܐ (īlānā)

   ܩܲܝܣܵܐ ܕܚܲܒܘܼܫܵܐ ― qaysā dḥabūšā ― Apple tree

• ܩܲܝܣܵܝܵܐ (qaysāyā)
• ܩܲܝܣܵܢܵܐ (qaysānā)
• ܩܲܝܣܘܿܢܵܐ (qaysōnā)
• ܩܲܝܣܲܝ̈ ܐ݇ܟ݂ܵܠܵܐ (qaysay ḵālā)

Compare Akkadian 𒄑𒌁 (qištum, “forest, grove, woodland”).

• IPA^(key): [qajsɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qajse] (plural)

ܩܝܣܐ • (qaysā) m (plural ܩܝܣܐ (qaysē))

1. wood
2. tree

   Synonym: ܐܝܠܢܐ

3. wooden object; stick, stake
4. gibbet, gallows; crucifix; (rare) stocks
5. one pound weight
6. ounce, two drachms
7. (rare) handle (of bell, axe, etc.)
8. (rare, nautical) rudder

• ܩܝܣܘܢܐ

• “qys”, 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 319a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 504b
• 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, pages 1364b–1365a