ܟܬܒܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Instance noun of ܟܵܬ݂ܹܒ݂ (kāṯēḇ, “to write”); cognate to Arabic كِتَابَة (kitāba, “writing”) and Hebrew כַּתָּבָה (katavá, “news article, report”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [kəˈθɑwːtɑː]
Noun
ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ • (kṯāḇtā) f sg (plural ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (kṯāḇyāṯā))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐ (kṯāḇā) | 1st person | ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܬܝܼ (kṯāḇtī) | ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܬܲܢ (kṯāḇtan) | |||
| construct | ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܲܬ݂ (kṯāḇaṯ) | 2nd person | ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܬܘܼܟ݂ (kṯāḇtōḵ) | ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܬܵܟ݂ܝ (kṯāḇtāḵ) | ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܬܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (kṯāḇtawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ (kṯāḇtā) | 3rd person | ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܬܹܗ (kṯāḇtēh) | ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܬܵܗ̇ (kṯāḇtāh) | ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܬܗܘܿܢ (kṯāḇthōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܝܵܢ̈ (kṯāḇyān) | 1st person | ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܝܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (kṯāḇyāṯī) | ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܝܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (kṯāḇyāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܝܵܬ݂̈ (kṯāḇyāṯ) | 2nd person | ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܝܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (kṯāḇyāṯōḵ) | ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܝܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (kṯāḇyāṯāḵ) | ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܝܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (kṯāḇyāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (kṯāḇyāṯā) | 3rd person | ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂̈ܝܵܬ݂ܹܗ (kṯāḇyāṯēh) | ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (kṯāḇyāṯāh) | ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܝܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (kṯāḇyāṯhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ ܣܘܼܪܵܝܬܵܐ (kṯāḇtā sūrāytā, “Syriac script”)
- ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܲܬ݂ ܐܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ (kṯāḇaṯ īḏā, “manuscript, handwriting”)
- ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܲܬ݂ ܒܪܵܐܹܝܠ (kṯāḇaṯ brāˀēl, “braille”)
- ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܲܬ݂ ܟܘܼܡܪܹ̈ܐ (kṯāḇaṯ kumrē, “hieroglyphic”)
- ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܲܬ݂ ܨܸܨܹ̈ܐ (kṯāḇaṯ ṣiṣṣē, “cuneiform”)
- ܟ݂ܬܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ ܠܵܛܝܼܢܵܝܬܵܐ (ḵtāḇtā lāṭīnāytā, “Latin script”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܟ ܬ ܒ |
| 7 terms |
Compare Arabic كِتَابَة (kitāba) and Hebrew כַּתָּבָה (kattāḇâ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [k(ə)θɑvtɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [k(ə)θɑvɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܟܬܒܬܐ • (kəṯāḇtā) f (plural ܟܬܒܬܐ (kəṯāḇātā))
- handwriting
- autograph, signature
- (in the plural) writings
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܬܒܐ | 1st person | ܟܬܒܬܝ | ܟܬܒܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܬܒܬ | 2nd person | ܟܬܒܬܟ | ܟܬܒܬܟܝ | ܟܬܒܬܟܘܢ | ܟܬܒܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܬܒܬܐ | 3rd person | ܟܬܒܬܗ | ܟܬܒܬܗ | ܟܬܒܬܗܘܢ | ܟܬܒܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܟܬܒܢ | 1st person | ܟܬܒܬܢ | ܟܬܒܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܬܒܬ | 2nd person | ܟܬܒܬܟ | ܟܬܒܬܟܝ | ܟܬܒܬܟܘܢ | ܟܬܒܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܬܒܬܐ | 3rd person | ܟܬܒܬܗ | ܟܬܒܬܗ | ܟܬܒܬܗܘܢ | ܟܬܒܬܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “ktbh”, 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, page 165a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 230b
- 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, →ISBN, page 661a