ܩܫܝܫܐ

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From Aramaic קַשִׁישָׁא (qašīšā); compare Hebrew קָשִׁישׁ (kashísh), קְשִׁישָׁא (kshísha) and Arabic قِسِّيس (qissīs, “priest”).

ܩܲܫܝܼܫܵܐ • (qašīšā) (feminine ܩܲܫܝܼܫܬܵܐ (qašīštā), plural ܩܲܫܝܼܫܹ̈ܐ (qašīšē))

This adjective refers only to human beings, animals, and plants. For inanimate objects, the adjective ܥܲܬܝܼܩܵܐ (ˁatīqā, “old, longstanding”) is used.
This adjective means “old” specifically in the sense of “elderly”
- English old as in former or previous would usually be translated to Assyrian with the adjective ܩܲܕܝܼܡܵܐ (qadīmā, “old, previous”).
- English old as in “old enough to drive a car” would usually be translated to Assyrian with the adjective ܫܲܠܡܵܐ (šalmā, “completed, adult”) or ܡܸܛܝܵܐ (miṭyā, “arrived, adult”)
- English old as in “he’s older than she is” would usually be translated to Assyrian as ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܓܘܼܪܵܐ ܒ ܫܸܢܹ̈ܐ (yatīr gurā b-šinnē, “older, bigger in years”)
- English old as in “forty years old” would usually be translated to Assyrian with either the noun's masculine construct form ܒܲܪ (bar, “old, son”) or the feminine ܒܲܪ݇ܬ (bat, “old, daughter of”).

ܩܲܫܝܼܫܵܐ • (qašīšā) m (plural ܩܲܫܝܼܫܹ̈ܐ (qašīšē), feminine ܩܲܫܝܼܫܬܵܐ (qašīštā))

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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ܩ ܫ ܫ (q š š)
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