ܩܡܝܨܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Byzantine Greek καμίσιον (kamísion), from Latin camisia, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (“clothes, shirt, skirt”). Compare Turoyo ܩܰܡܶܣܬܳܐ (qamesto), Western Neo-Aramaic ܩܰܡܶܨܬ̤ܰܐ (ḳameṣča) and Arabic قَمِيص (qamīṣ).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [qamiːsˤtɑː]
Noun
ܩܲܡܝܼܨܬܵܐ • (qamīṣtā) f (plural ܩܲܡ̈ܝܼܨܹܐ (qamīṣē) or ܩܲܡ̈ܝܼܨܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qamīṣāṯā))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܩܲܡܝܼܨܵܐ (qamīṣā) | 1st person | ܩܲܡܝܼܨܬܝܼ (qamīṣtī) | ܩܲܡܝܼܨܬܲܢ (qamīṣtan) | |||
| construct | ܩܲܡܝܼܨܲܬ݂ (qamīṣaṯ) | 2nd person | ܩܲܡܝܼܨܬܘܼܟ݂ (qamīṣtōḵ) | ܩܲܡܝܼܨܬܵܟ݂ܝ (qamīṣtāḵ) | ܩܲܡܝܼܨܬܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qamīṣtawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܩܲܡܝܼܨܬܵܐ (qamīṣtā) | 3rd person | ܩܲܡܝܼܨܬܹܗ (qamīṣtēh) | ܩܲܡܝܼܨܬܵܗ̇ (qamīṣtāh) | ܩܲܡܝܼܨܬܗܘܿܢ (qamīṣthōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܩܲܡܝܼܨܝܼ̈ܢ (qamīṣīn) | 1st person | ܩܲܡܝܼܨܝܼ̈ (qamīṣī) | ܩܲܡܝܼܨܲܢ̈ (qamīṣan) | |||
| construct | ܩܲܡܝܼܨܲܝ̈ (qamīṣay) | 2nd person | ܩܲܡܝܼܨܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (qamīṣōḵ) | ܩܲܡܝܼܨܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (qamīṣāḵ) | ܩܲܡܝܼܨܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qamīṣawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܩܲܡ̈ܝܼܨܹܐ (qamīṣē) | 3rd person | ܩܲܡ̈ܝܼܨܘܼܗܝ (qamīṣūh) | ܩܲܡ̈ܝܼܨܘܼܗ̇ (qamīṣōh) | ܩܲܡܝܼܨܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (qamīṣayhōn) | |||
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܩܡܝܣܬܐ (qamīstā)
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek καμίσιον (kamísion),[1] from Late Latin camisia, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (“clothes, shirt, skirt”). Compare Arabic قميص (qamīṣ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qamisˤtɑ/
Noun
ܩܲܡܝܼܨܬܵܐ • (qamīṣtā) f (plural ܩܲܡܼܝܣܝ̈ܵܬܵܐ)
Descendants
- Turoyo: ܩܡܶܣܬܐ (qmesto), ܩܶܡܶܣܬܐ (qemesto), ܩܰܡܶܣܬܐ (qamesto)
- Western Neo-Aramaic: ܩܰܡܶܨܬ̤ܰܐ (ḳameṣča)
References
- ^ Hezy Mutzafi, Comparative Lexical Studies in Neo-Mandaic (2014, Leiden: Brill)