ܟܬܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From a substrate language, flax being a plant native to Aram; compare Ugaritic 𐎖𐎉 (qṭ, “flax”), Akkadian 𒃰 (kitû [GADA], “flax”), 𒄀𒆤 (kītu [GIKID], “mat”), Sumerian 𒃰 (gada, “flax”), 𒄀 (gi, “reed”), 𒆤 (kid, “mat”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɛtˈtɑ.nɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kɛtˈtɑ.ne] (plural)

Noun

ܟܬܢܐ • (kettānā) m (plural ܟܬܢܐ)

  1. linen, flax
  2. (by extension) any garment made from linen
  3. (nautical) sail
  4. net

Inflection
    declension of ܟܬܢܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܟܬܢ ܟܬܢܝܢ
construct ܟܬܢ ܟܬܢܝ
emphatic ܟܬܢܐ ܟܬܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܟܬܢܝ ܟܬܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܟܬܢܟ ܟܬܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܟܬܢܟܝ ܟܬܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܟܬܢܗ ܟܬܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܟܬܢܗ ܟܬܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܟܬܢܢ ܟܬܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܟܬܢܟܘܢ ܟܬܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܟܬܢܟܝܢ ܟܬܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܟܬܢܗܘܢ ܟܬܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܟܬܢܗܝܢ ܟܬܢܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms
  • ܟܬܢܝܐ‎ (kettānāyā)

Descendants

References
  • “ktn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-01
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 165b
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 232–233
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 231b
  • 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. 663a
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