ܩܛܡܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܩ ܛ ܡ (q ṭ m)
2 terms

From Aramaic קֵטּמָא (qeṭmā).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [qɪtˤmaː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [qutˤmaː]

Noun

ܩܸܛܡܵܐ • (qiṭmā) m

  1. (uncountable) ash, ashes

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܩܛܘܿܡܵܐ (qṭōmā, grey/gray)
  • ܩܸܛܡܵܢܵܐ (qiṭmānā, ashen)
  • ܩܸܛܡܵܢܵܝܵܐ (qiṭmānāyā, grey/gray)
  • ܩܸܛܡܵܐ ܒܪܹܝܫܝܼ (qiṭmā brēšī)
  • ܩܸܛܡܵܐ ܒܩܲܪܥܝܼ (qiṭmā bqarˁī)

Interjection

ܩܸܛܡܵܐ • (qiṭmā)

  1. an expression of negative surprise
    ܐܲܝ ܩܸܛܡܵܐ ܒܪܹܝܫܝܼ!ay qiṭmā brēšī!Oh no! (literally, “Oh ashes on my head!”)

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qɛtˤmɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܩܛܡܐ • (qeṭma) m (uncountable)

  1. ash, ashes
Inflection
Derived terms
  • ܩܛܡܢܐ (qeṭmānā, ashen)

Etymology 2

From the root ܩ-ܛ-ܡ (q-ṭ-m) related to lopping.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qɛtˤmɑ(ʔ)], [q(ə)tˤɑmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qɛtˤme(ʔ)], [q(ə)tˤɑme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܛܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܛܡܐ)

  1. slice, section, part
Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܩ-ܛ-ܡ (q-ṭ-m) related to lopping.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [q(ə)tˤɑmɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܩܛܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. slicing, lopping
Inflection

References

  • qṭm”, 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. 316a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 501a
  • 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. 1353a
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