קושטא

Aramaic

Etymology

From קְשַׁט (qəšaṭ, to be straight, to be correct).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /quːʃ.ˈtˤɑ/
  • (Ashkenazi) IPA(key): /kuʃ.ˈtɔ/

Noun

קוּשְׁטָא • (qušṭām

  1. 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

Declension of קושטא
singular plural
absolute קוֹשְׁט קוּשְׁטִין
construct קוֹשְׁט קוּשְׁטֵי
emphatic קוּשְׁטָא קוּשְׁטַיָּא

Derived terms

  • בְּקוּשְׁטָא (b'qušṭā, in truth)

References