ܟܟܘܫܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒅗𒆠𒋗 (/⁠kakkišu⁠/, type of rodent or small animal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɑxuʃtɑ]

Noun

ܟܟܘܫܬܐ • (kāḵūštā) f (plural ܟܟܘܫܝܬܐ (kāḵūšyāṯā) or ܟܟܫܬܐ (kāḵšāṯā))

  1. ferret, weasel, polecat
  2. ichneumon
  3. cat

Inflection

References

  • kkwšh”, 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 155a
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1914) “כרכושת ܟܟܘܫܬܐ”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete (in German), volume 29, pages 39–46
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 214a
  • 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 621a-b
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