Q-D-Š

Q-D-Š (o Q-D-Sh, traslitterato anche Q-D-S) è una forma comune di radice semitica triconsonantica usata in varie lingue antiche e moderne a partire dal 3º millennio p.e.v. I significati espressi da tale radice sono "Santo", "Sacro", "Potenza Divina", "Separare" e "Santuario". La radice è Q-D-Š in aramaico, ebraico, siriaco e fenicio ricostruito, e Q-D-S in arabo, maltese e Ge'ez.

Origini

Significato di "Santo"

(IT)	Protosemitico occidentale	Fenicio	Aramaico	Siriaco	Ebraico	Arabo	Maltese	Ge'ez
Radice	Q-D-Š	Q-D-Š	Q-D-Š	Q-D-Š	Q-D-Š	Q-D-S	Q-D-S	Q-D-S
Traslitterazione	*ḳudš-	quddoš	qōdšā	qudš-ā	qōḏeš	quds-	qaddis	qiddūs
Caratteri*		--	-- (in ebraico: ק-ד-ש[?])	siriaco:ܩ -ܕ -ܫ	(in ebraico: ק-ד-ש[?])	arabo: ق د س‎

*NOTA: I caratteri semitici si scrivono da destra a sinistra.

Ebraico

Radice: Q-D-Š קדש: significato di "santo" o "separato/scelto"

Ebraico*	Traslitterazione	Categoria lessicale	Genere	Definizione
קֹדֶשׁ	qodesh	nome	maschile	santità
קִדֵּשׁ	qiddesh	verbo		santificare; rendere kiddush
נתקדשה	nhitqadsh			(Talmudico) essere promesso/a, coniugarsi
מִקְדָּשׁ	miqdash	nome	maschile	tempio
מְקֻדָּשׁ	miqudash	aggettivo		santo, sacro, santificato
מֻקְדָּשׁ	muqdash			dedicato, devoto
קִדּוּשׁ	qidush	nome	maschile	(rituale ebraico) Kiddush
קַדִּישׁ	qadish			(rituale ebraico) Kaddish
קְדֻשָּׁה	q'dusha		femminile	santità, purezza, sacralità; (rituale ebraico) Kedushah
קָדֵשׁ	qadesh		maschile	(rituale pagano) prostituto
קְדֵשָׁה	qdesha		femminile	(rituale pagano) prostituta
קֶדֶשׁ	qedesh			(villaggio canaanita) Kedesh
קָדֵשׁ	qadesh			(luogo a sud dell'Antico israele) Kadesh

*NOTA: I caratteri semitici si scrivono da destra a sinistra.

Voci correlate

• Bris Kodesh
• Cabala Pratica
• Kadesh Campaign
• Kadosh
• Kitáb-i-Aqdas
• Kodesh Hakodashim
• Sifrei Kodesh
• Qadesh

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