كنيسة
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See also: کنیسه
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ك ن س (k-n-s), referring to congregation and sweeping together. Compare the Hebrew root כ־נ־ס (k-n-s), whence Hebrew כְּנֶסֶת (k'néset). Apparently, however, the sense of synagogue is a semantic loan from Aramaic כְּנִישְׁתָּא (kənīštā), כְּנִישָׁא (kənīšā), from the root כ־נ־שׁ (k-n-š), to which the Christian sense was added later.
Pronunciation
Noun
كَنِيسَة • (kanīsa) f (plural كَنَائِس (kanāʔis))
- church (building and organization)
- synagogue (building and organization)
- (obsolete) a kind of palanquin or litter in which the rider conceals himself
- a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 44 line 15:
- a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 134 line 3:
Declension
Declension of noun كَنِيسَة (kanīsa)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | كَنِيسَة kanīsa |
الْكَنِيسَة al-kanīsa |
كَنِيسَة kanīsat |
| Nominative | كَنِيسَةٌ kanīsatun |
الْكَنِيسَةُ al-kanīsatu |
كَنِيسَةُ kanīsatu |
| Accusative | كَنِيسَةً kanīsatan |
الْكَنِيسَةَ al-kanīsata |
كَنِيسَةَ kanīsata |
| Genitive | كَنِيسَةٍ kanīsatin |
الْكَنِيسَةِ al-kanīsati |
كَنِيسَةِ kanīsati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | كَنِيسَتَيْن kanīsatayn |
الْكَنِيسَتَيْن al-kanīsatayn |
كَنِيسَتَيْ kanīsatay |
| Nominative | كَنِيسَتَانِ kanīsatāni |
الْكَنِيسَتَانِ al-kanīsatāni |
كَنِيسَتَا kanīsatā |
| Accusative | كَنِيسَتَيْنِ kanīsatayni |
الْكَنِيسَتَيْنِ al-kanīsatayni |
كَنِيسَتَيْ kanīsatay |
| Genitive | كَنِيسَتَيْنِ kanīsatayni |
الْكَنِيسَتَيْنِ al-kanīsatayni |
كَنِيسَتَيْ kanīsatay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | كَنَائِس kanāʔis |
الْكَنَائِس al-kanāʔis |
كَنَائِس kanāʔis |
| Nominative | كَنَائِسُ kanāʔisu |
الْكَنَائِسُ al-kanāʔisu |
كَنَائِسُ kanāʔisu |
| Accusative | كَنَائِسَ kanāʔisa |
الْكَنَائِسَ al-kanāʔisa |
كَنَائِسَ kanāʔisa |
| Genitive | كَنَائِسَ kanāʔisa |
الْكَنَائِسِ al-kanāʔisi |
كَنَائِسِ kanāʔisi |
Synonyms
- (church, synagogue): بِيعَة (bīʕa)
Derived terms
- كَنَسِيّ (kanasiyy)
Descendants
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 275
- Freytag, Georg (1837) “كنيسة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 64
- Michael Jan de Goeje, editor (1879), Indices, glossarium et addenda et emendanda ad part. I–III (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 7) (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1879, page 343
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “كنيسة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2633–2634
Further reading
كنيسة on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic كَنِيسَة (kanīsa).
Pronunciation
Noun
كنيسة • (kanīse) f (plural كنايس (kanāyes))