ܩܠܝܕܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλεῖδα (kleîda), accusative singular form of κλείς (kleís), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂us (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”). Compare Arabic إِقْلِيد‎ (ʾiqlīd), Hebrew קְלִיד‎ (qəlîḏ), Persian کلید‎ (kelid), and Turkish kilit.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [q(ə)liðɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [q(ə)liðe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܠܝܕܐ • (qlīḏā) m (plural ܩܠܝܕܐ)

  1. key
  2. clasp, buckle

Inflection
    declension of ܩܠܝܕܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܩܠܝܕ ܩܠܝܕܝܢ
construct ܩܠܝܕ ܩܠܝܕܝ
emphatic ܩܠܝܕܐ ܩܠܝܕܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܩܠܝܕܝ ܩܠܝܕܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܩܠܝܕܟ ܩܠܝܕܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܩܠܝܕܟܝ ܩܠܝܕܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܩܠܝܕܗ ܩܠܝܕܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܩܠܝܕܗ ܩܠܝܕܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܩܠܝܕܢ ܩܠܝܕܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܩܠܝܕܟܘܢ ܩܠܝܕܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܩܠܝܕܟܝܢ ܩܠܝܕܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܩܠܝܕܗܘܢ ܩܠܝܕܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܩܠܝܕܗܝܢ ܩܠܝܕܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “qlyd”, 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. 320b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 506b
  • 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. 1370a-b
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