Inherited from Aramaic קַרְתָּא (qarətā); related to Arabic قِرَّة (qirra) and Hebrew קָרָה (kará).
ܩܲܪܬ݂ܵܐ • (qarṯā) f (plural ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܹܐ (qarṯē))
Possessive pronouns added to this word are the way to express feeling cold, e.g. ܝܼܠܵܗ̇ ܩܲܪܬ݂ܝܼ (īlāh qarṯī, “I am cold”, literally “she (it) is my cold”).
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܩܲܪܲܬ݂ (qarraṯ) | 1st person | ܩܲܪܬ݂ܝܼ (qarṯī) | ܩܲܪܬ݂ܲܢ (qarṯan) | |||
| construct | ܩܲܪܲܬ݂ (qarraṯ) | 2nd person | ܩܲܪܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (qarṯōḵ) | ܩܲܪܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (qarṯāḵ) | ܩܲܪܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qarṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܩܲܪܬ݂ܵܐ (qarṯā) | 3rd person | ܩܲܪܬ݂ܹܗ (qarṯēh) | ܩܲܪܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (qarṯāh) | ܩܲܪܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (qarṯhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܝܼܢ (qarṯīn) | 1st person | ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܝܼ (qarṯī) | ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܲܢ (qarṯan) | |||
| construct | ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܲܝ (qarṯay) | 2nd person | ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (qarṯōḵ) | ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (qarṯāḵ) | ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qarṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܹܐ (qarṯē) | 3rd person | ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܘܼܗܝ (qarṯūh) | ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܘܼܗ̇ (qarṯōh) | ܩܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܲܝܗܘܿܢ (qarṯayhōn) | |||
From the root ܩ ܪ ܪ related to coldness. Compare Arabic قِرَّة (qirra) and Hebrew קָרָה (qārâ).
ܩܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܩܪܬܐ)
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܩܪܐ | 1st person | ܩܪܬܝ | ܩܪܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܩܪܬ | 2nd person | ܩܪܬܟ | ܩܪܬܟܝ | ܩܪܬܟܘܢ | ܩܪܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܩܪܬܐ | 3rd person | ܩܪܬܗ | ܩܪܬܗ | ܩܪܬܗܘܢ | ܩܪܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܩܪܢ | 1st person | ܩܪܬܢ | ܩܪܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܩܪܬ | 2nd person | ܩܪܬܟ | ܩܪܬܟܝ | ܩܪܬܟܘܢ | ܩܪܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܩܪܬܐ | 3rd person | ܩܪܬܗ | ܩܪܬܗ | ܩܪܬܗܘܢ | ܩܪܬܗܝܢ | ||