ܩܪܘܛܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܩܪܘܛܐ (qrwṭā)

Etymology

Root
ܩ ܪ ܛ (q r ṭ)
4 terms

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [qaˈroːtˤɑː]

Noun

ܩܵܪܘܿܛܵܐ • (qaroṭa) m (plural ܩܵܪ̈ܘܿܛܹܐ (qaroṭe))

  1. cartilage
  2. scissors

Declension

See also

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܩ-ܪ-ܛ (q-r-ṭ), related to gnawing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qaˈro.tˤɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qaˈro.tˤe] (plural)

Noun

ܩܪܘܛܐ • (qārōṭā) m (plural ܩܪܘܛܐ)

  1. scissors
  2. chisel, graving tool
  3. pencil
  4. (anatomy) beak, snout
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek κηρωτή (kērōtḗ).

Pronunciation

Uncertain.

Noun

ܩܪܘܛܐ • (qrwṭʾ) m (plural ܩܪܘܛܐ)

  1. (medicine) cerate, salve
Inflection

References

  • qrwṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-10-09
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 518a
  • 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. 1403a
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