ܩܝܛܐ

From Aramaic קֵיטָא (qēṭā), from Proto-Semitic *qyẓ, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ḳayč̣- (“to be hot; summer”); compare Hebrew קַיִץ (káyits) and Arabic قَيْظ (qayẓ, “midsummer”).

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ܩܲܝܛܵܐ • (qayṭā) m sg (plural ܩܲܝܛܹ̈ܐ (qayṭē))

1. summer (season with the longest and hottest days of the year)
   • Psalms 74:17

     ܐܲܢ݇ܬ ܡܘܼܬܸܒ݂ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܟܠܵܝܗܝ ܬܚܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ ܕܐܲܪܥܵܐ، ܩܲܝܛܵܐ ܘܣܸܬܘܵܐ ܐܲܢ݇ܬ ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕܵܝܗܝ ܠܘܼܟ݂.

     at mūtiḇ lūḵ kullāyh tḥūmē d-arˁā, qayṭā w-sitwā at ˁḇīdāyh lūḵ.

     You have set all the borders of the earth; You have made summer and winter.

   • Proverbs 26:1:

     ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܬܲܠܓܵܐ ܒܩܲܝܛܵܐ، ܘܐܲܝܟ݂ ܡܸܛܪܵܐ ܒܚܸܨܕܵܐ، ܗܵܕܟ݂ܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܗ̇ܘ ܕܕܵܒ݂ܹܩ ܒܐܲܓ݂ܪܵܐ ܣܲܟ݂ܠܵܐ ܝܲܢ ܟܠ ܥܵܒ݂ܪܵܢܵܐ.

     ayḵ talgā b-qayṭā, w-ayḵ miṭrā b-ḥiṣdā, hādḵā ìlēh awa ddāḇēq b-aḡrā saḵlā yan kul ˁāḇrānā.

     As snow in summer and rain in harvest, So honour is not fitting for a fool.

(seasons) ܐܸܩܡܹ̈ܐ (iqmē); ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܐ (rḇīˁā) or ܒܹܝܬ݇ ܢܝܼ̈ܣܵܢܹ̈ܐ (bēy nīsānē, “spring”), ܩܲܝܛܵܐ (qayṭā, “summer”), ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܵܘܵܬܹܐ (tišryāwātē, “autumn”), ܣܸܬܘܵܐ (sitwā, “winter”), ^{(Category: aii:Seasons)}

From Proto-Semitic *qyẓ, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ḳayč̣- (“to be hot; summer”). Compare Arabic قَيْظ (qayẓ) and Hebrew קַיִץ (qáyiṣ).

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ܩܝܛܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܝܛܐ)

1. summer

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ܩܝܛܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܝܛܐ)

1. cinder

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ܩܝܛܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܝܛܐ)

1. Alternative form of ܩܝܛܝܐ

ܩܝܛܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܝܛܐ)

1. Alternative spelling of ܩܐܛܐ

• “qyṭ”, 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. 318b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 503b
• 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. 1361a

From Aramaic ܩܝܛܐ (qayṭā).

• IPA^(key): /qajtˤo/

ܩܰܝܛܳܐ • (qayṭo) m (plural ܩܰܝܛܶܐ (qayṭe))

1. spring (season)