ܠܟܣ

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ܠܥܸܠ ܡ̣ܢ ܠܬܸܚܬ ܡ̣ܢ ܓܲܘ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪ ܥܲܠ ܓܹܢ݇ܒ/ ܠܟܸܣ ܬ݇ܚܘܿܬ݂ ܒܹܝܢ
Prepositions of location

Uncertain:

• Possibly from ܠ- (l-, “to, at”) +‎ ܓܸܣ (gis, “side of”), with a shift from /ɡ/ to /k/, but this does not explain the presence of the second /l/ that exists in posessive forms.
• Possibly from an unattested *ܟܸܣܠܵܐ (*kislā, “loins”), cognate to or borrowed from Akkadian kislum (“loins”) or perhaps strengthened by it. This explains the second /l/ that exists in its possessive forms.^[1]

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ܠܟܸܣ • (l-kis)

1. chez; to, at, in or into the home, office, etc. of

   Synonym: ܓܹܢ݇ܒ (gēb)

   ܠܟܸܣ ܠܝܼ ― l-kis lī ― at my place

   ܠܟܸܣ ܠܹܗ ― l-kis lēh ― at his place

   ܠܟܸܣ ܡܲܪܝܲܡ ― l-kis maryam ― at Maryam’s

   ܠܟܸܣ ܐܵܣܝܵܐ ܕܟܹܟܹ̈ܐ ― l-kis āsyā d-kēkē ― at the dentist

   ܟܹܐ ܥܵܒ݂ܪܹܢ ܠܟܸܣ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ، ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܕܝܼܠܹܗ ܠܟܸܣ ܠܝܼ

   kē ˁāḇrēn l-kis lāwḵōn, ayḵ d-īlēh l-kis lī

   I enter your place, as it was my place.

2. with, in the possession of.

   Synonyms: ܓܹܢ݇ܒ (gēb), ܥܲܡ (ˁam)

   ܠܹܐ ܬܲܚܡܸܢ، ܝܵܠܹ̈ܕ݇ܐ ܠܟܸܣ ܠܝܼ ܝܢܵܐ.

   lē taḥmin, yālē l-kis lī ìnā.

   Don’t worry, the children are with me.

3. next to, near, towards, by, alongside.

   Synonyms: ܓܹܢ݇ܒ (gēb), ܠܕܸܦܢܵܐ ܕ- (ldipnā d-), ܐܲܦܹ̈ܐ ܕ- (appē d-)