ܩܛܪܐ

ܩܛܪܐ

Verbal noun of ܩܵܛܹܪ (qāṭēr) with the sense of “train” a semantic loan from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [qtˤɑːɾɑː]

ܩܛܵܪܵܐ • (qṭārā) m or f (plural ܩܛܵܪܹ̈ܐ (qṭārē))

1. binding, knotting, tying

   Synonym: ܐ݇ܣܵܪܵܐ (sārā)

2. train (mechanical vehicle carrying a large number of passengers along a designated track)

   ܪܟ݂ܘܿܒ݂ ܥܲܠ ܩܛܵܪܵܐ ܕܨܲܦܪܵܐ ܠܡܕ݂ܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ. ― rḵōḇ ˁal qṭārā d-ṣaprā l-mḏītā. ― Ride the morning train to the city.

   ܫܵܩܠܲܚ ܩܛܵܪܵܐ ܕܢܵܦܹܩ ܡ̣ܢ ܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ ܒܛܲܗܪܵܐ. ― šāqlaḥ qṭārā d-nāpēq min nīnwē b-ṭahrā. ― Let’s take the train that leaves from Nineveh at midday.

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic speakers sometimes treat this term as if it were grammatically female, because vehicles such as ܪܲܕܵܝܬܵܐ (raddāytā, “car”) or ܛܲܝܵܣܬܵܐ (ṭayyāstā, “airplane”) are usually grammatically feminine.

Derived from the verb ܩܵܛܹܪ (qāṭēr, “to bind, tie”); possible cognate of Hebrew קֶשֶׁר (késher).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [qɪtˤ.rɑː]

ܩܸܛܪܵܐ • (qiṭrā) m sg (plural ܩܸܛܪܹ̈ܐ (qiṭrē))

1. tie, knot, bondage

   Synonym: ܐܲܣܵܪܵܐ (assārā)

2. problem

   Synonyms: ܥܲܣܩܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ˁasqūṯā), ܠܹܐܘܬܵܐ (lēˀwtā)

• ܩܸܛܪܵܢܵܐ (qiṭrānā)