ܟܬܘܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܟ-ܬ-ܒ related to writing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑθovɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kɑθove(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܬܘܒܐ • (kāṯōḇāʾ) m (plural ܟܬܘܒܐ)

1. writer, scribe, copyist, amanuensis, secretary, notary

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܬܘܒܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܬܘܒ		1st person	ܟܬܘܒܝ		ܟܬܘܒܢ
	construct	ܟܬܘܒ		2nd person	ܟܬܘܒܟ	ܟܬܘܒܟܝ	ܟܬܘܒܟܘܢ	ܟܬܘܒܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܬܘܒܐ		3rd person	ܟܬܘܒܗ	ܟܬܘܒܗ	ܟܬܘܒܗܘܢ	ܟܬܘܒܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܟܬܘܒܝܢ		1st person	ܟܬܘܒܝ		ܟܬܘܒܝܢ
	construct	ܟܬܘܒܝ		2nd person	ܟܬܘܒܝܟ	ܟܬܘܒܝܟܝ	ܟܬܘܒܝܟܘܢ	ܟܬܘܒܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܬܘܒܐ		3rd person	ܟܬܘܒܘܗܝ	ܟܬܘܒܝܗ	ܟܬܘܒܝܗܘܢ	ܟܬܘܒܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ktwb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-08-27
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 164b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 231a
• 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. 661b