The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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qwd$ noun sg. emphatic= qwd$ N --> qdw$#2 N

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.