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ܟܬܢܐ
ܟܬܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
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Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic כֵּתָּנָא (kettānā), from a substrate language, flax being a plant native to Aram; compare Ugaritic 𐎖𐎉 (qṭ, “flax”), Akkadian 𒃰 (kitûm, “flax”), Sumerian 𒃰 (gada, “flax”), 𒄀𒆤 (gikid, “mat”), Old Armenian կտաւ (ktaw, “flax”); compare also borrowed into Arabic كَتَّان (kattān) and therefore doublet of ܩܸܛܢܵܐ (qiṭnā, “cotton”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܟܸܬܵܢܵܐ • (kittānā) m
- flax
- (by extension) linen
- (dialectal, proscribed) cotton
- Synonyms: ܩܸܛܢܵܐ (qiṭnā), ܥܡܲܪ ܓܸܦ̈ܢܹܐ (ˁmar gipnē)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܸܬܵܢ (kittān) | 1st person | ܟܸܬܵܢܝܼ (kittānī) | ܟܸܬܵܢܲܢ (kittānan) | |||
| construct | ܟܸܬܵܢ (kittān) | 2nd person | ܟܸܬܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (kittānōḵ) | ܟܸܬܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (kittānāḵ) | ܟܸܬܵܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (kittānawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܟܸܬܵܢܵܐ (kittānā) | 3rd person | ܟܸܬܵܢܹܗ (kittānēh) | ܟܸܬܵܢܵܗ̇ (kittānāh) | ܟܸܬܵܢܗܘܿܢ (kittānhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܟܸܬܵܢܝܼ̈ܢ (kittānīn) | 1st person | ܟܸܬܵܢܝܼ̈ (kittānī) | ܟܸܬܵܢܲܢ̈ (kittānan) | |||
| construct | ܟܸܬܵܢܲܝ̈ (kittānay) | 2nd person | ܟܸܬܵܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (kittānōḵ) | ܟܸܬܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (kittānāḵ) | ܟܸܬܵܢܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (kittānawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܟܸܬܵܢܹ̈ܐ (kittānē) | 3rd person | ܟܸܬܵܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (kittānūh) | ܟܸܬܵܢܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (kittānōh) | ܟܸܬܵܢܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (kittānayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܟܸܬܵܢܵܝܵܐ (kittānāyā)
Proper noun
ܟܸܬܵܢܵܐ • (kittānā) f
- a female given name
Classical Syriac
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))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܬܢ | 1st person | ܟܬܢܝ | ܟܬܢܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܬܢ | 2nd person | ܟܬܢܟ | ܟܬܢܟܝ | ܟܬܢܟܘܢ | ܟܬܢܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܬܢܐ | 3rd person | ܟܬܢܗ | ܟܬܢܗ | ܟܬܢܗܘܢ | ܟܬܢܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܟܬܢܝܢ | 1st person | ܟܬܢܝ | ܟܬܢܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܬܢܝ | 2nd person | ܟܬܢܝܟ | ܟܬܢܝܟܝ | ܟܬܢܝܟܘܢ | ܟܬܢܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܬܢܐ | 3rd person | ܟܬܢܘܗܝ | ܟܬܢܝܗ | ܟܬܢܝܗܘܢ | ܟܬܢܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
- ܟܬܢܝܐ (kettānāyā)
Descendants
References
- “ktn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 1 November 2011
- 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, →ISBN, page 663a