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The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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krs noun sg. emphatic
krs, krsˀ (kres, karsā) n.f. abdomen
1 abdomen Gal, PTA, CPA, Syr, JBA, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) (med.) as the organ of digestion Syr.

(a.1) (of a bird) craw or gizzard Syr.

(a.2) (of a ruminant) rumen JBAg, LJLA.

--(b) (med.) pl. : bowels Sam, Syr.

--(c) fig. : appetite, gluttony Syr.
2 womb, uterus JLAtg, Gal, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) w. nsb : to become pregnant CPA.

--(b) fig. : fruitful innards (of the earth) CPA.
3 (of other bodily cavities) Syr.