קרתא

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Aramaic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Highly irregular noun: the plural inserts a /w/ in the stem, and gets the masculine suffix (although it retains feminine agreement). Sometimes the form קַרתָּא is also used as the absolute form. Cognate with Arabic قَرْيَة (qarya, “city, town”) and with Hebrew קִרְיָה (“city, town”). Compare with Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt, “city”).

Noun

קַרתָּא • (qartā) f (plural קִרוִין)

  1. city
    • Tanach, Genesis 10:12, with translation of the New International Version:
      וְיָת רֶסֶן בֵּין נִינְוֵה וּבֵין כָּלַח הִיא קַרתָּא רַבְּתָא
      And Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city
  2. town
Inflection
    declension of קרתא
singular plural
absolute קִריָה קִרוִין
construct קַרתָּא קִרוֵי
emphatic קַרתָּא קִרוַיָא
Derived terms
References

“qryh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

Etymology 2

קרתא • (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

  1. cold, coldness

Antonyms

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