ܩܐܛܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܩܹܐܛܵܐ • (qēṭā) m (plural ܩܹܐ̈ܛܹܐ (qēṭē))
- whale
- (mythology) huge fish, sea monster, leviathan
- Synonyms: ܠܸܘܝܵܬ݂ܵܢܵܐ (liwyāṯānā), ܬܲܢܝܼܢܵܐ (tanīnā)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܩܹܐܛ (qēṭ) | 1st person | ܩܹܐܛܝܼ (qēṭī) | ܩܹܐܛܲܢ (qēṭan) | |||
| construct | ܩܹܐܛ (qēṭ) | 2nd person | ܩܹܐܛܘܼܟ݂ (qēṭōḵ) | ܩܹܐܛܵܟ݂ܝ (qēṭāḵ) | ܩܹܐܛܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qēṭawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܩܹܐܛܵܐ (qēṭā) | 3rd person | ܩܹܐܛܹܗ (qēṭēh) | ܩܹܐܛܵܗ̇ (qēṭāh) | ܩܹܐܛܗܘܿܢ (qēṭhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܩܹܐܛܝܼ̈ܢ (qēṭīn) | 1st person | ܩܹܐܛܝܼ̈ (qēṭī) | ܩܹܐܛܲܢ̈ (qēṭan) | |||
| construct | ܩܹܐܛܲܝ̈ (qēṭay) | 2nd person | ܩܹܐܛܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (qēṭōḵ) | ܩܹܐܛܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (qēṭāḵ) | ܩܹܐܛܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qēṭawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܩܹܐܛܹ̈ܐ (qēṭē) | 3rd person | ܩܹܐܛܘܼ̈ܗܝ (qēṭūh) | ܩܹܐܛܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (qēṭōh) | ܩܹܐܛܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (qēṭayhōn) | |||
Proper noun
ܩܹܐܛܵܐ • (qēṭā) m
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [qe(ʔ)tˤɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [qe(ʔ)tˤe] (plural)
Noun
ܩܐܛܐ • (qēʾṭā) m (plural ܩܐܛܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܩܐܛ | 1st person | ܩܐܛܝ | ܩܐܛܢ | |||
| construct | ܩܐܛ | 2nd person | ܩܐܛܟ | ܩܐܛܟܝ | ܩܐܛܟܘܢ | ܩܐܛܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܩܐܛܐ | 3rd person | ܩܐܛܗ | ܩܐܛܗ | ܩܐܛܗܘܢ | ܩܐܛܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܩܐܛܝܢ | 1st person | ܩܐܛܝ | ܩܐܛܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܩܐܛܝ | 2nd person | ܩܐܛܝܟ | ܩܐܛܝܟܝ | ܩܐܛܝܟܘܢ | ܩܐܛܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܩܐܛܐ | 3rd person | ܩܐܛܘܗܝ | ܩܐܛܝܗ | ܩܐܛܝܗܘܢ | ܩܐܛܝܗܝܢ | ||
See also
- ܠܘܝܬܢ (lewyāṯān)
Proper noun
ܩܐܛܐ • (qēʾṭā) m
References
- “qˀṭˀ”, 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 315b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 486a
- Payne Smith, Robert (1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), volume II, Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 3601
- 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 1306b