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”).
ܟܸܬܵܢܵܐ • (kittānā) m
isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
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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) |
ܟܸܬܵܢܵܐ • (kittānā) f
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”).
ܟܬܢܐ • (kettānā) m (plural ܟܬܢܐ (kettānē))
isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
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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 |