ܩܛܥ

From Aramaic קְטַע (qəṭaʿ); cognate to Arabic قَطَعَ (qaṭaʕa) and Hebrew קָטַע (katá')

• (standard) IPA^(key): [qɑːtˤeːʕ]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [qaːtˤeʔ]

ܩܵܛܹܥ • (qāṭēˁ) (present participle ܩܛܵܥܵܐ (qṭāˁā), past participle ܩܛܝܼܥܵܐ (qṭīˁā))

1. to cut off, to chop down

   ܒܸܪܩܵܐ ܩܛܝܼܥ ܠܹܗ ܒܡܸܨܥܵܝܵܐ ܕܡܸܫܬܘܼܬܵܐ.

   birqā qṭīˁ lēh b-miṣˁāyā d-mištūtā.

   The electricity cut off in the middle of the party.

2. to cut up, cut short

   ܦܫܝܼܡܵܐܝܼܬ ܘܵܠܹܐ ܕܩܵܛܥܲܚ ܬܦܵܩܬܲܢ̈.

   pšīmāˀīt wālē d-qāṭˁaḥ tpāqtan.

   Unfortunately we will have to cut our interview short.

3. to pick; harvest a fruit from a tree
4. to interrupt someone speaking, cut off

   ܠܵܐ ܩܵܛܥܹܬ ܠܹܗ ܡܲܠܦܵܢܵܐ ܟܲܕ ܡܡܲܠܸܠ.

   lā qāṭˁēt lēh malpānā kad mmallil.

   Don't interrupt the teacher while he speaks.

5. (geometry) to intersect
6. (slang) to cut class, to skip class

   ܡܕܲܒܪܵܢ ܡܲܕܪܲܫܬܵܐ ܩܵܡ ܡܲܙܗܸܪ ܠܝܼ ܕܠܵܐ ܩܵܛܥܹܢ ܣܸܕܪܵܐ ܡܸܢ݇ܕܪܹܝܫ݇.

   mdabrān madraštā qām mazhir lī d-lā qāṭˁēn sidrā midrēy.

   The principal warned me not to skip class.

7. (slang) to jaywalk, cross the street, to run (a stop sign, traffic light, etc.)

   Synonym: ܡܵܚܹܐ (māḥē)

   ܫܘܼܪܛܵܝܵܐ ܩܵܡ ܡܲܟܠܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܘܩܵܡ ܫܵܐܹܠ ܠܝܼ ܩܵܡܘܿܕܝܼ ܩܛܝܼܥ ܠܝܼ ܒܢܝܼܫܲܢܩܵܐ ܣܡܘܿܩܵܐ.

   šurṭāyā qām maklē lī w-qām šāˀēl lī qāmōdī qṭīˁ lī b-nīšanqā smōqā.

   The policeman stopped me and asked me why I ran the red light.