ܟܘܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [kawwɑːθɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɑːvaːteː]

Noun

ܟ̈ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ • (kawwāṯā) f pl

1. emphatic plural of ܟܲܘܹ̈ܐ (kawwē, “window”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic كُوَّة (kuwwa) and Hebrew כַּוָּה (kawwā́).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaw(wə)θɑ]

Noun

ܟܘܬܐ • (kawwǝṯā) f (plural ܟܘܐ (kawwē))

1. window
2. opening, aperture, hole
3. recess, cave, cavern
4. lattice
5. pigeonhole, dovecote, dovehouse
6. edge
7. shelf, bookcase

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܘܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܘܐ		1st person	ܟܘܬܝ		ܟܘܬܢ
	construct	ܟܘܬ		2nd person	ܟܘܬܟ	ܟܘܬܟܝ	ܟܘܬܟܝܢ	ܟܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܟܘܬܗ	ܟܘܬܗ	ܟܘܬܗܘܢ	ܟܘܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܟܘܝܢ		1st person	ܟܘܝ		ܟܘܝܢ
	construct	ܟܘܝ		2nd person	ܟܘܝܟ	ܟܘܝܟܝ	ܟܘܝܟܘܢ	ܟܘܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܘܐ		3rd person	ܟܘܘܗܝ	ܟܘܝܗ	ܟܘܝܗܘܢ	ܟܘܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the unattested form *ܟܘܬܚܐ (kūtḥā), from ܟܘܕܚܐ (kūḏḥā), possibly from Middle Iranian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kuttɑ]

Noun

ܟܘܬܐ • (kūtā) f(uncountable)

1. food preserved in vinegar

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܘܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܘܬ		1st person	ܟܘܬܝ		ܟܘܬܢ
	construct	ܟܘܬ		2nd person	ܟܘܬܟ	ܟܘܬܟܝ	ܟܘܬܟܘܢ	ܟܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܟܘܬܗ	ܟܘܬܗ	ܟܘܬܗܘܢ	ܟܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• “kwh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “kwtˀ”, 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 152a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 206b, 212a
• 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 616a