ܩܐܪܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܩܪܣܐ
• ܩܝܪܣܐ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καιρός (kairós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qe(ʔ)rsɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [qe(ʔ)rse(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܩܐܪܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܐܪܣܐ)

1. time

   Synonyms: ܫܥܬܐ, ܙܒܢܐ

2. season

   Synonyms: ܡܘܙܓܐ, ܙܒܢܐ, ܫܘܚܠܦܐ

3. right time, opportunity, occasion
4. misfortune, calamity, distress, difficulty

   Synonym: ܥܣܩܘܬܐ

5. war, battle, fighting, altercation, quarrel

   Synonyms: ܚܪܒܐ, ܩܪܒܐ

Inflection

    inflection of ܩܐܪܣܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܩܐܪܣ	ܩܐܪܣܝܢ
construct	ܩܐܪܣ	ܩܐܪܣܝ
emphatic	ܩܐܪܣܐ	ܩܐܪܣܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܩܐܪܣܝ	ܩܐܪܣܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܩܐܪܣܟ	ܩܐܪܣܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܩܐܪܣܟܝ	ܩܐܪܣܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܩܐܪܣܗ	ܩܐܪܣܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܩܐܪܣܗ	ܩܐܪܣܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܩܐܪܣܢ	ܩܐܪܣܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܩܐܪܣܟܘܢ	ܩܐܪܣܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܩܐܪܣܟܝܢ	ܩܐܪܣܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܩܐܪܣܗܘܢ	ܩܐܪܣܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܩܐܪܣܗܝܢ	ܩܐܪܣܝܗܝܢ

References

• “qyrs”, 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, p. 331b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 486b
• 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. 1308a