קושטא
Aramaic
Etymology
From קְשַׁט (qəšaṭ, “to be straight, to be correct”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /quːʃ.ˈtˤɑ/
- (Ashkenazi) IPA(key): /kuʃ.ˈtɔ/
Noun
קוּשְׁטָא • (qušṭā) m
- truth
- Tanach, Genesis 28:16:
- וְאִתְּעַר יַעֲקֹב מִשִּׁנְתֵּיהּ וַאֲמַר בְּקוּשְׁטָא (אִית) יְקָרָא דַיְיָ שָׁרֵי בְּאַתְרָא הָדֵין וַאֲנָא לָא הֲוֵיתִי יְדָע:
- w'itʕar yaʕăqoḇ mi'ššintēh wa'ămar b'qūšṭā (īṯ) y'qārā ḏa'YHWH šārē b'aṯrā hāḏēn wa'ănā lā hăwēṯī y'ḏaʕ
- Yaakov awoke from his sleep, and said, In truth, [the Glory of] Adonoy is [dwells] in this place, and I did not know it [would not have known it].
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | קוֹשְׁט | קוּשְׁטִין |
| construct | קוֹשְׁט | קוּשְׁטֵי |
| emphatic | קוּשְׁטָא | קוּשְׁטַיָּא |
Derived terms
- בְּקוּשְׁטָא (b'qušṭā, “in truth”)