ܩܛܘ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܩܛܘ

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

ܩܵܛܘܿ (qāṭōf sg (plural ܩܵܛܹܐ (qāṭē), feminine ܩܵܛܘܿܬ݂ܵܐ (qāṭōṯā))

  1. cat
    ܫܒ݂ܘܿܩ ܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܩܵܛܘܿ ܚܵܠܒ݂ܵܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܘܠܵܐ ܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܡܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܝܵܗ݇ܒ݂ܵܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂
    šḇōq ḥḏā qāṭō ḥālḇā lōḵ w-lā ḥḏā māṯā yāḇā lōḵ
    it is always better to live with what you have instead of depending on others
    (literally, “let a cat provide you with milk, not a village give it to you”)

Usage notes

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.

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܵܛܘܿ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
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)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

Noun

ܩܛܘ (transliteration neededc (plural ܩܛܘܬܐ or ܩܛܐ)

  1. alternative form of ܩܛܐ