The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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l_ p03

  0 to, for Com.
  1 : of general relationship (nominal) Com. --(a) non-animate genitive Com. --(b) of interest or disinterest Com.
  2 : of general relationship (verbal) Com. --(a) + infinitive : purpose Com. --(b) + infinitive : it is necessary to Syr.
  3 : dative Com. --(a) with transitive verbs Com. --(b) with intransitive verbs Com. --(c) ethical dative Com.
  4 : direction Com. --(a) addressee of letters Com. --(b) כל + direction name : in the direction of Qum.
  5 : possession Com. --(a) forming a compound substantive : that which belongs to ... Com.
  6 : marking the definite direct object Com.
  7 : subject of a passive part. in a perfective construction OfA-Pers, Syr, JBA, LJLA.
  8 + number : after X Syr.
  9 in fixed expressions . --(a) to give or take lˀntw. lˀnth : as wife Com. --(b) לאמר , לְמֵמַר : as follows, quoteative introduction , OfAGen.

qdw$#2 noun pl. emphatic

qdwš, qwdšˀ (qŭḏoš, quḏšā) n.m. #2holiness

In their absolute forms it is often difficult to properly distinguish between the simple noun qwdš (/qudš/) and the D verbal noun qdwš (/qiddūš/) and the Syriac equivalent of the latter quddāš.

  1 holiness Com. --(a) rwḥ qwdš, rwḥˀ dqwdšˀ : the Holy Spirit Com. --(b) קודשא בריך הוא : The Holy One blessed be He (a name of God) Gal, JBA, JBAg, LJLA. (b.1) as allusion to the Tetragram JBA, JBAg.
  2 holy place Syr. --(a) ܩܕܘܫ ܩܘܕ̈ܫܐ : the Holy of Holies Syr.
  3 pl.: consecrated objects PTA.
  4 various sacrifices PTA.