ܩܪܩܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From early Middle Persian *klkʾs' (karkās). Compare New Persian کرکس، کرگس (karkas, kargas).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qarqɑsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qarqɑse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܪܩܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܪܩܣܐ)

  1. great vulture
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax).

Alternative forms

  • ܩܪܩܣܬܐ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qarqɑsɑ(ʔ)], [q(ə)rɑqsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qarqɑse(ʔ)], [q(ə)rɑqse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܪܩܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܪܩܣܐ)

  1. raven, crow
  2. jay, magpie
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qarqɑse(ʔ)], [q(ə)rɑqse(ʔ)]

Noun

ܩܪܩܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural only; not used in singular form)

  1. chess pieces; draughts, checkers
  2. (dialectal) driftwood
Inflection

References

  • qrqs”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-26
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 332a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 521b
  • 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. 1416b
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