ܩܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Akkadian 𒋗 (qātu [ŠU], “hand”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [qattaː]
• (Barwar, Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [qatta]

Noun

ܩܲܬܵܐ • (qattā) f (plural ܩ̈ܲܬܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qattāṯā))

1. handle
2. stick

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒋗 (qātu [ŠU]).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qattɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܩܬܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܬܬܐ)

1. handle

Inflection

    declension of ܩܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܩܬ	ܩܬܬܝܢ
construct	ܩܬ	ܩܬܬܝ
emphatic	ܩܬܐ	ܩܬܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܩܬܝ	ܩܬܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܩܬܟ	ܩܬܬܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܩܬܟܝ	ܩܬܬܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܩܬܗ	ܩܬܬܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܩܬܗ	ܩܬܬܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܩܬܢ	ܩܬܬܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܩܬܟܘܢ	ܩܬܬܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܩܬܟܝܢ	ܩܬܬܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܩܬܗܘܢ	ܩܬܬܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܩܬܗܝܢ	ܩܬܬܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܩ-ܬ-ܬ (q-t-t) related to clawing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qɑθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qɑθe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܬܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܬܐ)

1. clawing

Inflection

    inflection of ܩܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܩܬ	ܩܬܝܢ
construct	ܩܬ	ܩܬܝ
emphatic	ܩܬܐ	ܩܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܩܬܝ	ܩܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܩܬܟ	ܩܬܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܩܬܟܝ	ܩܬܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܩܬܗ	ܩܬܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܩܬܗ	ܩܬܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܩܬܢ	ܩܬܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܩܬܟܘܢ	ܩܬܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܩܬܟܝܢ	ܩܬܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܩܬܗܘܢ	ܩܬܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܩܬܗܝܢ	ܩܬܝܗܝܢ

References

• “qt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-10
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 523a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 1421a