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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic כִּיסָא (kīsā, “sack; purse”); from Akkadian 𒋢𒃻𒉌𒌓 (kīsum, “leather bag for weights and silver”). Compare Arabic كِيس (kīs) and Hebrew כִּיס (kîs).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܟܝܼܣܵܐ • (kīsā) m (plural ܟܝܼܣܹ̈ܐ (kīsē) or ܟܝܼ̈ܣܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (kīsawwāṯā))
- bag, sack, pouch
Derived terms
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Compare Akkadian 𒋢𒃻𒉌𒌓 (kīsu ), Arabic كِيس (kīs), Hebrew כִּיס (kîs).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܟܝܣܐ • (kīsāʾ) m (plural ܟܝܣܐ)
- bag, sack, pouch
- purse
- pocket
Inflection
Derived terms
References
- “kys”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-10-18
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 155a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 213b
- 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. 620a