ܩܛܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From an indeterminate source. Compare Arabic قِطّ (qiṭṭ), Armenian կատու (katu), Georgian კატა (ḳaṭa), Byzantine Greek κάττα (kátta), Russian кот (kot), Basque katu, English cat.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qatˁtˁɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qatˁtˁe(ʔ)], [qatˁwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܛܐ (transliteration needed) c (plural ܩܛܘܬܐ or ܩܛܐ)

  1. cat
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qatˁtˁɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qatˁtˁe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܛܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܛܐ)

  1. kind of heron (possibly Botaurus stellaris)
Inflection

Etymology 3

Possibly from Old Persian [script needed].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qɑtˁɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qɑtˁe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܛܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܛܐ)

  1. plumb line
Inflection
Synonyms

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qɛtˁtˁe(ʔ)]

Noun

ܩܛܐ (transliteration needed)

  1. (rare) Alternative form of ܩܛܝܐ

Etymology 5

Noun

ܩܛܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܛܐ)

  1. Alternative spelling of ܩܐܛܐ
Inflection

References

  • qṭˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 315b
  • 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. 1347b
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