ܩܛܘܠܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root ܩ-ܛ-ܠ (q-ṭ-l) related to killing. Compare Arabic قَاتِل (qātil) and Hebrew קֹטֵל (qōṭēl).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [qɑtˤolɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qɑtˤole(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective[edit]

ܩܛܘܠܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܩܛܘܠܐ)

  1. murderous
  2. deadly, lethal, fatal, mortal

Inflection[edit]

Noun[edit]

ܩܛܘܠܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܩܛܘܠܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܩܛܘܠܬܐ)

  1. killer, slayer, murderer, slaughterer
  2. executioner

Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  • qṭwl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 316a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 500a
  • 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. 1348b