ܟܽܘܣܬܳܐ kwstʾ kustā hump, curve of the liver
Derivatives: ܟܘܼܣܬܵܢܵܐ kwstnʾ kustānā humped, crooked; ܟܘܼܣܬܵܢܘܼܬܵܐ kwstnwtʾ kustānūṯā gibbosity; ܡܟܲܣܬܹܢ mkstn mkasten to hump
From an antecedent of NP kūz a hump, crooked back; the sky (Steingass 1061), with the addition of the Syr. suffix -ṯā, which has induced the desonorization of Ir. z (see § 11.3.3); cf. Arm. LW kuz humped, crooked (Hübschmann AG 269, no. 81) ● hump BA 4649; BB 880, 11; curve of the liver Med 352, 11; kwstnʾ Lv 21, 20; cf. ES 1, 247A; AM 2, 246, 32 = am 4, 548, 7; kwstnwtʾ BA 4648; mkstn Gr 100, 6 ◆ LS 337a