ܩܛܡܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܩ ܛ ܡ (q ṭ m)
2 terms

From Aramaic קֵטּמָא (qeṭmā).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܩܸܛܡܵܐ (qiṭmām

  1. (uncountable) ash, ashes

Inflection

    Inflection of ܩܸܛܡܵܐ (qiṭmā)
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute 1st person ܩܸܛܡܝܼ
(qiṭmī)
ܩܸܛܡܲܢ
(qiṭman)
construct ܩܛܸܡ
(qṭim)
2nd person ܩܸܛܡܘܼܟ݂
(qiṭmūḵ)
ܩܸܛܡܵܟ݂ܝ
(qiṭmāḵ)
ܩܸܛܡܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(qiṭmāwḵōn)
emphatic ܩܸܛܡܵܐ
(qiṭmā)
3rd person ܩܸܛܡܹܗ
(qiṭmēh)
ܩܸܛܡܵܗ̇
(qiṭmāh)
ܩܸܛܡܗܘܿܢ
(qiṭmhōn)

Derived terms

Interjection

ܩܸܛܡܵܐ (qiṭmā)

  1. an expression of negative surprise
    ܐܲܝ ܩܸܛܡܵܐ ܒܪܹܝܫܝܼ!ay qiṭmā brēšī!Oh no! (literally, “Oh ashes on my head!”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

ܩܛܡܐ (qeṭmam(uncountable)

  1. ash, ashes
Inflection
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the root ܩ-ܛ-ܡ (q-ṭ-m) related to lopping.

Pronunciation

Noun

ܩܛܡܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܩܛܡܐ)

  1. slice, section, part
Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܩ-ܛ-ܡ (q-ṭ-m) related to lopping.

Pronunciation

Noun

ܩܛܡܐ (transliteration neededm(uncountable)

  1. slicing, lopping
Inflection

References

  • qṭm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 316a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 501a
  • 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. 1353a