ܩܫܝܫܐ

From Aramaic קַשִׁישָׁא (qašīšā); compare Hebrew קָשִׁישׁ (kashísh), קְשִׁישָׁא (kshísha) and Arabic قِسِّيس (qissīs, “priest”).

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ܩܲܫܝܼܫܵܐ • (qašīšā) (feminine ܩܲܫܝܼܫܬܵܐ (qašīštā), plural ܩܲܫܝܼܫܹ̈ܐ (qašīšē))

1. old, elderly, aged

   Synonym: ܣܵܒ݂ܵܐ (sāḇā)

• This adjective refers only to human beings, animals, and plants. For inanimate objects, the adjective ܥܲܬܝܼܩܵܐ (ˁatīqā, “old, longstanding”) is used.
• This adjective means “old” specifically in the sense of “elderly”
  • English old as in former or previous would usually be translated to Assyrian with the adjective ܩܲܕܝܼܡܵܐ (qadīmā, “old, previous”).
  • English old as in “old enough to drive a car” would usually be translated to Assyrian with the adjective ܫܲܠܡܵܐ (šalmā, “completed, adult”) or ܡܸܛܝܵܐ (miṭyā, “arrived, adult”)
  • English old as in “he’s older than she is” would usually be translated to Assyrian as ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܓܘܼܪܵܐ ܒܫܸܢܹ̈ܐ (yatīr gurā b-šinnē, “older, bigger in years”)
  • English old as in “forty years old” would usually be translated to Assyrian with either the noun's masculine construct form ܒܲܪ (bar, “old, son”) or the feminine ܒܲܪ݇ܬ (bat, “old, daughter of”).

ܩܲܫܝܼܫܵܐ • (qašīšā) m (plural ܩܲܫܝܼܫܹ̈ܐ (qašīšē), feminine ܩܲܫܝܼܫܬܵܐ (qašīštā))

1. old man, elderly man

   Synonym: ܣܵܒ݂ܵܐ (sāḇā)

• ܩܵܫܵܐ (qāšā, “priest, pastor, presbyter”)

From the root ܩ-ܫ-ܫ (q-š-š) related to growing old. Compare Hebrew קָשִׁישׁ (qāšī́š).

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ܩܫܝܫܐ • (qaššīšā) m (plural ܩܫܝܫܐ (qaššīšē), singular feminine counterpart ܩܫܝܫܬܐ (qaššīštā))

1. ancient, ancestor, forefather
2. elder, grandfather
3. (Christianity) priest, pastor, presbyter
4. chief or presider of a banquet; host

• → Arabic: قِسِّيس m (qissīs)
• → Malayalam: കശീശ (kaśīśa)
• → Persian: کشیش (kašiš)

• “qšyš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 332b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 522b
• 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, page 1419b