ܟܬܢܐ

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Classical Syriac

ܟܬܢܐ

Etymology

From a substrate language, flax being a plant native to Aram; compare Ugaritic 𐎖𐎉 (qṭ, “flax”), Akkadian 𒃰 (kitûm, “flax”), 𒄀𒆤 (kītum, “mat”), Sumerian 𒃰 (gada, “flax”), 𒄀𒆤 (gikid, “mat”), Old Armenian կտաւ (ktaw, “flax”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܟܬܢܐ • (kettānā) m (plural ܟܬܢܐ (kettānē))

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

Inflection

    inflection 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

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 ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 165b
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 232–233
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, page 663a
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