ܟܘܪܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

With ܟܘܪܐ (kawwārā, “beehive”) and Hebrew כַּוֶּרֶת (kawwéreṯ, “beehive”) deriving from Akkadian 𒄀𒆤𒈣 (/⁠kuru⁠/, “short reed mat, collection or roll of reeds; a woven thing; hence a basket”), from Sumerian 𒄥 (gur, “to twist, to wind, to turn; a bundle, unit of measure, a basketful of barley”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kawwɑrtɑ], [kurtɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kawwɑrɑθɑ], [kurɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܟܘܪܬܐ • (kawwārtā, kūrtā) f (plural ܟܘܪܬܐ (kawwārātā, kūrātā))

1. beehive, honeycomb

Inflection

    declension of ܟܘܪܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܟܘܪܐ	ܟܘܪܢ
construct	ܟܘܪܬ	ܟܘܪܬ
emphatic	ܟܘܪܬܐ	ܟܘܪܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܟܘܪܬܝ	ܟܘܪܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܟܘܪܬܟ	ܟܘܪܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܟܘܪܬܟܝ	ܟܘܪܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܟܘܪܬܗ	ܟܘܪܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܟܘܪܬܗ	ܟܘܪܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܟܘܪܬܢ	ܟܘܪܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܟܘܪܬܟܘܢ	ܟܘܪܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܟܘܪܬܟܝܢ	ܟܘܪܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܟܘܪܬܗܘܢ	ܟܘܪܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܟܘܪܬܗܝܢ	ܟܘܪܬܗܝܢ

Descendants

(taking Classical Syriac as representative for all Aramaic)

• → Arabic: كُوَّارَة (kuwwāra)
• → Koine Greek: κύβερτον n (kúberton)
  • ⇒ Byzantine Greek: κυβέρτιον n (kubértion), κυβέρτιν n (kubértin)
    • Greek: κυβέρτι n (kyvérti)

References

• “kwrh”, 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, page 154a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 211b
• 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, page 612b