# ܩܫܬܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology

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).

### Pronunciation

* ܩܸܫܬܵܐ:
** (Standard) IPA: [qɪʃ.tɑː]
* ܩܲܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ:
** (Standard) IPA: [qaʃʃɑːθɑː]
** (Urmia) IPA: [qaʃʃɑːtɑː]

### Noun

ܩܸܫܬܵܐ • (qištā) f (plural ܩܸܫܬܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (qištāṯē) or ܩܸܫܝܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (qišyāṯē) or ܩܸܫܬܹ̈ܐ (qištē))
* (weaponry, archery) bow
* (geometry) arc
* (graph theory) edge connecting two vertices
* (physics) electric arc
* (music) bow, as used with string instruments
* (architecture, masonry) arch, archway
* (orthography) name of a diacritic mark
** written under the letter pē changing sound from /p/ to /f/
** written under the letter bēṯ changing sound from /b/ to /v/
* (typography, chiefly in the plural) parentheses, brackets
    Synonym: ܣܲܗܪ̈ܘܿܢܹܐ (sahrōnē)

#### Coordinate terms

* (symbol) ( ( ... ) ), ( [ ... ] )
* (Punctuation) ܦܘܼܚܵܡܵܐ (puḥḥāmā); ܢܘܼܩܙܵܐ (nuqzā, “period, full stop”), ܦܵܪܘܿܫܬܵܐ (pārōštā, “comma”), ܫ̈ܘܲܝܵܐ (šwayyā, “colon”), ܙܲܝ̈ܢܹܐ (zaynē, “semicolon”), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܫܘܼܐܵܠܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-šuˀˀālā, “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, “bracket”), ܣܲܗܪܘܿܢܵܐ (sahrōnā, “parenthesis”), ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܘܿܢܵܐ (kawḵḇōnā, “asterisk”), ܓܵܕ݂ܘܿܡܵܐ (gāḏōmā), ܦܵܣܘܿܩܵܐ (pāsōqā),

#### Derived terms

* 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”)

### Noun

ܩܲܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ • (qaššāṯā) m sg (plural ܩܲܫܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (qaššāṯē))
* (archery) archer, bowman; soldier whose main weapon is the bow and arrow

#### Inflection
### Proper noun

ܩܲܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ • (qaššāṯā) m
* (astrology, astronomy) Sagittarius (constellation and zodiac sign)

#### Coordinate terms

Zodiac signs in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܡܲܠܘܵܫܹ̈ܐ (malwāšē) (layout · text) :
| ܐܸܡܪܵܐ (imrā) | ܬܵܘܪܵܐ (tāwrā) | ܬܐܘܿܡܹ̈ܐ (tˀōmē) | ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ (sarṭānā) |
| ܐܲܪܝܵܐ (aryā) | ܒܬ݂ܘܼܠܬܵܐ (bṯultā) | ܡܲܣܵܐ̈ܬ݂ܵܐ (massāṯā) | ܥܲܩܪܒ݂ܵܐ (ˁaqrḇā) |
| ܩܲܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qaššāṯā) | ܓܲܕ݂ܝܵܐ (gaḏyā) | ܕܵܘܠܵܐ (dāwlā) | ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (nūnē) |

## Classical Syriac
### Etymology 1

Compare Hebrew קֶשֶׁת (qéšeṯ).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [qɛʃtɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [qɛʃte], [qɛʃtɑθɑ] (plural)

#### Noun

ܩܫܬܐ • (transliteration needed) c (plural ܩܫܬܬܐ or ܩܫܬܐ)
* (archery) bow
* (weather) rainbow
* (architecture) arch
* row, semicircle

##### Usage notes

The plural form ܩܫܬܐ (qeštē) is rare.

##### See also

* ܟܫܛܐ
* ܩܫܛܐ

### Etymology 2

Modified from above. Compare Hebrew קַשָּׁת (qaššāṯ).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [qaʃʃɑθɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [qaʃʃɑθe] (plural)

#### Noun

ܩܫܬܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܫܬܐ)
* (archery) archer, bowman

##### See also

* ܟܫܛܐ
* ܩܫܛܐ

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [qɑʃtɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [qɑʃɑθɑ] (plural)

#### Noun

ܩܫܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܩܫܬܐ)
* (dialectal) doorknocker

##### Inflection
### Etymology 4

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

#### Alternative forms

* ܩܫܐ

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [qɛʃ(ʃə)θɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [qɛʃʃɑθɑ] (plural)

#### Noun

ܩܫܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܩܫܬܐ)
* stubble, dry stalks or grass or leaves
* picking up sticks, gathering dry leaves

##### Inflection
### References

* “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, pages 332b, 333a
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 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, pages 1418a, 1420b-1421a