ܩܫܬܐ

From Aramaic קֵּשְׁתָּא (qeštā); compare Akkadian 𒄑𒉼 (qaštum), Hebrew קֶשֶׁת (késhet) and Arabic قَوْس (qaws, “bow”). The latter noun is an occupation noun modified from the former; compare Hebrew קַשָּׁת (kashát).

• ܩܸܫܬܵܐ:
  • (Standard) IPA^(key): [qɪʃ.tɑː]
• ܩܲܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ:
  • (Standard) IPA^(key): [qaʃʃɑːθɑː]
  • (Urmia) IPA^(key): [qaʃʃɑːtɑː]

ܩܸܫܬܵܐ • (qištā) f (plural ܩܸܫܬܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (qištāṯē) or ܩܸܫܝܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (qišyāṯē) or ܩܸܫܬܹ̈ܐ (qištē))

1. (weaponry, archery) bow
2. (geometry) arc
3. (graph theory) edge connecting two vertices
4. (physics) electric arc
5. (music) bow, as used with string instruments
6. (architecture, masonry) arch, archway
7. (orthography) name of a diacritic mark
   1. written under the letter pē changing sound from /p/ to /f/
   2. written under the letter bēṯ changing sound from /b/ to /v/
8. (typography, chiefly in the plural) parentheses, brackets

   Synonym: ܣܲܗܪ̈ܘܿܢܹܐ (sahrōnē)

• (symbol) ( ( ... ) ), ( [ ... ] )
• (Punctuation) ܦܘܼܚܵܡܵܐ (puḥḥāmā); ܢܘܼܩܙܵܐ (nuqzā, “period, full stop”), ܦܵܪܘܿܫܬܵܐ (pārōštā, “comma”), ܫܘܲܝܹ̈ܐ (šwayyē, “colon”), ܙܲܝ̈ܢܹܐ (zaynē, “semicolon”), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܫܘܼܐܵܠܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-šuˀālā, “question mark”), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܩܪܵܝܬܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-qrāytā, “exclamation mark”), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܡܸܬܬܣܝܼܡܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-mittsīmānūṯā, “quotation mark”), ܢܵܩܘܿܦܵܐ (nāqōpā, “dash, hyphen”), ܣܛܵܦܵܐ (sṭāpā, “slash”), ܩܸܫܬܵܐ (qištā, “parenthesis, bracket”), ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܘܿܢܵܐ (kāwḵḇōnā, “asterisk”), ܓܵܕ݂ܘܿܡܵܐ (gāḏōmā), ܦܵܣܘܿܩܵܐ (pāsōqā), ^{(Category: aii:Punctuation marks)}

• ܩܸܫܬܵܢܵܐ (qištānā, “curved, arched”)
• ܕܲܩܝܼܩܵܐ ܩܸܫܬܵܝܵܐ (daqīqā qištāyā, “arcminute”)
• ܩܸܫܬܵܐ ܕܥܢܵܢܵܐ (qištā d-ˁnānā, “rainbow”)
• ܩܸܫܬܵܐ ܕܡܲܠܲܐܟ݂ܹܐ (qištā d-malaˀḵē, “Cupid's bow”)
• ܩܸܫܬܵܐ ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ (qištā yarīḵā, “longbow”)

ܩܲܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ • (qaššāṯā) m sg (plural ܩܲܫܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (qaššāṯē))

1. (archery) archer, bowman; soldier whose main weapon is the bow and arrow

ܩܲܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ • (qaššāṯā) m

1. (astrology, astronomy) Sagittarius (constellation and zodiac sign)

Compare Hebrew קֶשֶׁת (qéšeṯ).

• IPA^(key): [qɛʃtɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qɛʃte], [qɛʃtɑθɑ] (plural)

ܩܫܬܐ • (transliteration needed) c (plural ܩܫܬܬܐ or ܩܫܬܐ)

1. (archery) bow
2. (weather) rainbow
3. (architecture) arch
4. row, semicircle

The plural form ܩܫܬܐ (qeštēʾ) is rare.

• ܟܫܛܐ
• ܩܫܛܐ

Modified from above. Compare Hebrew קַשָּׁת (qaššāṯ).

• IPA^(key): [qaʃʃɑθɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qaʃʃɑθe] (plural)

ܩܫܬܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܫܬܐ)

1. (archery) archer, bowman

• ܟܫܛܐ
• ܩܫܛܐ

• IPA^(key): [qɑʃtɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qɑʃɑθɑ] (plural)

ܩܫܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܩܫܬܐ)

1. (dialectal) doorknocker

Compare Arabic قَشَّة (qašša) and قَشّ (qašš) and Hebrew קַשׁ (qaš).

• ܩܫܐ

• IPA^(key): [qɛʃ(ʃə)θɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qɛʃʃɑθɑ] (plural)

ܩܫܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܩܫܬܐ)

1. stubble, dry stalks or grass or leaves
2. picking up sticks, gathering dry leaves

• “qšt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “qštˀ”, 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, pp. 332b, 333a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 522b, 523a
• 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, pp. 1418a, 1420b-1421a