ܩܪܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic קַרְתָּא (qarətā); related to Arabic قِرَّة (qirra) and Hebrew קָרָה (kará).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [qarrəθɑː]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [qar.θɑː]
- (Urmia) IPA(key): [qar.tɑː]
Noun
ܩܲܪܬ݂ܵܐ • (qarṯā) f (plural ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܹܐ (qarṯē))
- cold, coldness (condition of low temperature)
- ܩܲܪܬܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܠܒܲܪܵܐ. ― qartā ìlāh l-barrā. ― It's cold outside.
- (medicine) cold (usually harmless common viral illness including congested nasal passages and fever)
- ܡܚܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܩܲܪܬ݂ܵܐ ܡܲܪܝܼܪܬܵܐ ܒܣܸܬ݂ܘܵܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܵܗ̇.
- mḥē lī qarṯā marīrtā b-siṯwā dˁḇīrāh.
- I caught a bitter cold last winter.
Usage notes
Possessive pronouns added to this word are the way to express feeling cold, e.g. ܝܼܠܵܗ̇ ܩܲܪܬ݂ܝܼ (īlāh qarṯī, “I am cold”, literally “she (it) is my cold”).
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܩܲܪܲܬ݂ (qarraṯ) | 1st person | ܩܲܪܬ݂ܝܼ (qarṯī) | ܩܲܪܬ݂ܲܢ (qarṯan) | |||
| construct | ܩܲܪܲܬ݂ (qarraṯ) | 2nd person | ܩܲܪܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (qarṯōḵ) | ܩܲܪܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (qarṯāḵ) | ܩܲܪܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qarṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܩܲܪܬ݂ܵܐ (qarṯā) | 3rd person | ܩܲܪܬ݂ܹܗ (qarṯēh) | ܩܲܪܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (qarṯāh) | ܩܲܪܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (qarṯhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܝܼܢ (qarṯīn) | 1st person | ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܝܼ (qarṯī) | ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܲܢ (qarṯan) | |||
| construct | ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܲܝ (qarṯay) | 2nd person | ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (qarṯōḵ) | ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (qarṯāḵ) | ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qarṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܹܐ (qarṯē) | 3rd person | ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܘܼܗܝ (qarṯūh) | ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܘܼܗ̇ (qarṯōh) | ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܲܝܗܘܿܢ (qarṯayhōn) | |||
Antonyms
See also
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܩ ܪ ܪ related to coldness. Compare Arabic قِرَّة (qirra) and Hebrew קָרָה (qārâ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [qar(rə)θɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [qar(rə)θe] (plural)
Noun
ܩܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܩܪܬܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܩܪܐ | 1st person | ܩܪܬܝ | ܩܪܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܩܪܬ | 2nd person | ܩܪܬܟ | ܩܪܬܟܝ | ܩܪܬܟܘܢ | ܩܪܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܩܪܬܐ | 3rd person | ܩܪܬܗ | ܩܪܬܗ | ܩܪܬܗܘܢ | ܩܪܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܩܪܢ | 1st person | ܩܪܬܢ | ܩܪܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܩܪܬ | 2nd person | ܩܪܬܟ | ܩܪܬܟܝ | ܩܪܬܟܘܢ | ܩܪܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܩܪܬܐ | 3rd person | ܩܪܬܗ | ܩܪܬܗ | ܩܪܬܗܘܢ | ܩܪܬܗܝܢ | ||
Antonyms
References
- “qrh”, 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 328a
- 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 1418a