ܟܘܫܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܟ-ܫ-ܪ (k-š-r) related to being fit. Compare Hebrew כֹּשֶׁר (kṓšer).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kuʃrɑ(ʔ)], [kuʃʃɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kuʃre(ʔ)], [kuʃʃɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܘܫܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܘܫܪܐ)

  1. skill, ability, advantage
  2. ingenuity, diligence, activity, vigour, assiduity
  3. prosperity, success
  4. (in the plural) riches

Inflection
    inflection of ܟܘܫܪܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܟܘܫܪ ܟܘܫܪܝܢ
construct ܟܘܫܪ ܟܘܫܪܝ
emphatic ܟܘܫܪܐ ܟܘܫܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܟܘܫܪܝ ܟܘܫܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܟܘܫܪܟ ܟܘܫܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܟܘܫܪܟܝ ܟܘܫܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܟܘܫܪܗ ܟܘܫܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܟܘܫܪܗ ܟܘܫܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܟܘܫܪܢ ܟܘܫܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܟܘܫܪܟܘܢ ܟܘܫܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܟܘܫܪܟܝܢ ܟܘܫܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܟܘܫܪܗܘܢ ܟܘܫܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܟܘܫܪܗܝܢ ܟܘܫܪܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “kwšr”, 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, p. 164b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 212a
  • 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, pp. 615b-616a
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