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Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
Assimilated from earlier *ܩܘܫܛܐ (qūšṭāʾ); compare Arabic قِسْط (qisṭ), Hebrew קֹשְׁטְ (qōšṭ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܩܘܫܬܐ • (qūštāʾ) c(uncountable)
- truth, verity
- right, rectitude, justice
Inflection
Irregular absolute and construct with a varying Waw.
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos); compare Arabic قُسْط (qusṭ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܩܘܫܬܐ • (qōštāʾ) m(uncountable)
- (botany) aromatic plant; crape ginger, spiral ginger, costmary, tansy, labdanum
References
- “qwštˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-07
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 315a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 499a
- 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. 1346b