From an indeterminate source. Compare Classical Syriac ܩܛܐ (qaṭṭā), Arabic قِطّ (qiṭṭ), Old Armenian կատու (katu), Byzantine Greek κάττα (kátta), Russian кот (kot), Basque katu and English cat.
ܩܵܛܘܿ • (qāṭō) f sg (plural ܩܵܛܹܐ (qāṭē), feminine ܩܵܛܘܿܬ݂ܵܐ (qāṭōṯā))
While the word is normally considered feminine, it may occasionally be masculine when specifically referring to a male. In some dialects, this word is masculine and only refers to male cats.
isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
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state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
m | f | |||||||
singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܩܵܛܝܼ (qāṭī) | ܩܵܛܘܼܢ (qāṭūn) | |||
construct | – | 2nd person | ܩܵܛܘܼܟ݂ (qāṭōḵ) | ܩܵܛܵܟ݂ܝ (qāṭāḵ) | ܩܵܛܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qāṭāwḵōn) | |||
emphatic | ܩܵܛܘܿ (qāṭō) | 3rd person | ܩܵܛܘܼܗܝ (qāṭūh) | ܩܵܛܘܿܗ̇ (qāṭōh) | ܩܵܛܲܝܗܘܿܢ (qāṭayhōn) | |||
plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܩܵܛܘܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (qāṭwāṯī) | ܩܵܛܘܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (qāṭwāṯan) | |||
construct | – | 2nd person | ܩܵܛܘܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (qāṭwāṯōḵ) | ܩܵܛܘܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (qāṭwāṯāḵ) | ܩܵܛܘܵܬ݂ܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qāṭwāṯāwḵōn) | |||
emphatic | ܩܵܛ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qāṭwāṯā) | 3rd person | ܩܵܛ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܹܗ (qāṭwāṯēh) | ܩܵܛ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (qāṭwāṯāh) | ܩܵܛܘܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (qāṭwāṯhōn) |
ܩܛܘ • (transliteration needed) c (plural ܩܛܘܬܐ or ܩܛܐ)