ܟܘܪܣܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒄖𒍝 (kussû), from Sumerian 𒄖𒍝 (gu.za). Compare Arabic كُرْسِيّ‎ (kursiyy), Hebrew כִּסֵּא‎ (kissēʾ), and Ugaritic 𐎋𐎒𐎜 (ksủ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kurs(ə)jɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kurs(ə)je(ʔ)], [kursawwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܘܪܣܝܐ • (kursəyā) m (plural ܟܘܪܣܘܬܐ‎ or ܟܘܪܣܝܐ)

  1. seat, chair
  2. throne
  3. (ecclesiastical) episcopal see
  4. diocese, jurisdiction
  5. authority
  6. head, leader
  7. palanquin, litter, sedan chair
  8. (architecture) pier, column, base

Inflection
    declension of ܟܘܪܣܝܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܟܘܪܣܝ ܟܘܪܣܘܢ ,ܟܘܪܣܝܝܢ
construct ܟܘܪܣܝ ܟܘܪܣܘܬ ,ܟܘܪܣܝܝ
emphatic ܟܘܪܣܝܐ ܟܘܪܣܘܬܐ ,ܟܘܪܣܝܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܟܘܪܣܝܝ ܟܘܪܣܘܬܝ ,ܟܘܪܣܝܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܟܘܪܣܝܟ ܟܘܪܣܘܬܟ ,ܟܘܪܣܝܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܟܘܪܣܝܟܝ ܟܘܪܣܘܬܟܝ ,ܟܘܪܣܝܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܟܘܪܣܝܗ ܟܘܪܣܘܬܗ ,ܟܘܪܣܝܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܟܘܪܣܝܗ ܟܘܪܣܘܬܗ ,ܟܘܪܣܝܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܟܘܪܣܝܢ ܟܘܪܣܘܬܢ ,ܟܘܪܣܝܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܟܘܪܣܝܟܘܢ ܟܘܪܣܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܟܘܪܣܝܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܟܘܪܣܝܟܝܢ ܟܘܪܣܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܟܘܪܣܝܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܟܘܪܣܝܗܘܢ ܟܘܪܣܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܟܘܪܣܝܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܟܘܪܣܝܗܝܢ ܟܘܪܣܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܟܘܪܣܝܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “kwrsy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-10-17
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary : قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 154a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 211b
  • 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. 614b
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