ܩܝܛܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܩܝܛܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic קֵיטָא (qēṭā), from Proto-Semitic *qyẓ, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ḳayč̣- (to be hot; summer); compare Hebrew קַיִץ (káyits) and Arabic قَيْظ (qayẓ, midsummer).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [qe.tˤɑː]
  • (Tyari) IPA(key): [qaj.tˤɑː]

Noun

ܩܲܝܛܵܐ • (qayṭā) m sg (plural ܩܲܝܛܹ̈ܐ (qayṭē))

  1. summer (season with the longest and hottest days of the year)
    • Psalms 74:17
      ܐܲܢ݇ܬ ܡܘܼܬܸܒ݂ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܟܠܵܝܗܝ ܬܚܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ ܕܐܲܪܥܵܐ، ܩܲܝܛܵܐ ܘܣܸܬܘܵܐ ܐܲܢ݇ܬ ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕܵܝܗܝ ܠܘܼܟ݂.
      at mūtiḇ lūḵ kullāyh tḥūmē d-arˁā, qayṭā w-sitwā at ˁḇīdāyh lūḵ.
      You have set all the borders of the earth; You have made summer and winter.
    • Proverbs 26:1:
      ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܬܲܠܓܵܐ ܒܩܲܝܛܵܐ، ܘܐܲܝܟ݂ ܡܸܛܪܵܐ ܒܚܸܨܕܵܐ، ܗܵܕܟ݂ܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܗ̇ܘ ܕܕܵܒ݂ܹܩ ܒܐܲܓ݂ܪܵܐ ܣܲܟ݂ܠܵܐ ܝܲܢ ܟܠ ܥܵܒ݂ܪܵܢܵܐ.
      ayḵ talgā b-qayṭā, w-ayḵ miṭrā b-ḥiṣdā, hādḵā ìlēh awa ddāḇēq b-aḡrā saḵlā yan kul ˁāḇrānā.
      As snow in summer and rain in harvest, So honour is not fitting for a fool.

Inflection

Coordinate terms

(seasons) ܐܸܩܡܹ̈ܐ (iqmē); ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܐ (rḇīˁā) or ܒܹܝܬ݇ ܢܝܼ̈ܣܵܢܹ̈ܐ (bēy nīsānē, spring), ܩܲܝܛܵܐ (qayṭā, summer), ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܵܘܵܬܹܐ (tišryāwātē, autumn), ܣܸܬܘܵܐ (sitwā, winter), (Category: aii:Seasons)

Derived terms

  • ܒܹܝܬ ܩܲܝܛܵܐ (bēt qayṭā, summer house, bungalow)
  • ܕܘܼܟܬܵܐ ܕܡܲܥܒ݂ܲܪܬܵܐ ܕܩܲܝܛܵܐ (duktā dmaˁḇartā dqayṭā, summer resort)
  • ܛܪܘܿܦܝܼܩܘܿܣ ܩܲܝܛܵܝܵܐ (ṭrōpīqōs qayṭāyā, summer solstice)
  • ܡܲܫܪܝܼܬܵܐ ܕܩܲܝܛܵܐ (mašrītā dqayṭā, summer camp)
  • ܦܲܠܓܵܐ ܕܩܲܝܛܵܐ (palgā dqayṭā, midsummer)
  • ܩܲܝܛܵܝܵܐ (qayṭāyā, summery, aestival)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *qyẓ, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ḳayč̣- (to be hot; summer). Compare Arabic قَيْظ (qayẓ) and Hebrew קַיִץ (qáyiṣ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qajtˤɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qajtˤe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܝܛܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܝܛܐ)

  1. summer
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qitˤɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qitˤe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܝܛܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܝܛܐ)

  1. cinder
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qajtˤɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qajtˤe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܝܛܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܝܛܐ)

  1. Alternative form of ܩܝܛܝܐ
Inflection

Noun

ܩܝܛܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܝܛܐ)

  1. Alternative spelling of ܩܐܛܐ
Inflection

References

  • qyṭ”, 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. 318b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 503b
  • 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. 1361a

Turoyo

Etymology

From Aramaic ܩܝܛܐ (qayṭā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qajtˤo/

Noun

ܩܰܝܛܳܐ • (qayṭo) m (plural ܩܰܝܛܶܐ (qayṭe))

  1. spring (season)

See also

Seasons in Turoyo · ܫܘܚܠܳܦܶܐ (šuḥlofe) (layout · text) · category
ܪܰܒܷܥ (rabëc, spring) ܩܰܝܛܳܐ (qayṭo, summer) ܬܷܫܪܳܝܳܬ݂ܶܐ (tëšroyoṯe, autumn) ܣܰܬ݂ܘܳܐ (saṯwo, winter)
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