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ܟܬܢܐ

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Classical Syriac

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ܟܬܢܐ

Etymology

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From a substrate language, flax being a plant native to Aram; compare Ugaritic 𐎖𐎉 (qṭ, flax), Akkadian 𒃰 (kitûm, flax), 𒄀𒆤 (kītum, mat), Sumerian 𒃰 (gada, flax), 𒄀𒆤 (gikid, mat), Old Armenian կտաւ (ktaw, flax).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kɛtˈtɑ.nɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kɛtˈtɑ.ne] (plural)

Noun

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ܟܬܢܐ (kettānām (plural ܟܬܢܐ (kettānē))

  1. linen, flax
  2. (by extension) any garment made from linen
  3. sail
  4. net

Inflection

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Inflection of ܟܬܢܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܟܬܢ 1st person ܟܬܢܝ ܟܬܢܢ
construct ܟܬܢ 2nd person ܟܬܢܟ ܟܬܢܟܝ ܟܬܢܟܘܢ ܟܬܢܟܝܢ
emphatic ܟܬܢܐ 3rd person ܟܬܢܗ ܟܬܢܗ ܟܬܢܗܘܢ ܟܬܢܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܟܬܢܝܢ 1st person ܟܬܢܝ ܟܬܢܝܢ
construct ܟܬܢܝ 2nd person ܟܬܢܝܟ ܟܬܢܝܟܝ ܟܬܢܝܟܘܢ ܟܬܢܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܟܬܢܐ 3rd person ܟܬܢܘܗܝ ܟܬܢܝܗ ܟܬܢܝܗܘܢ ܟܬܢܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • ktn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-01
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 165b
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 232–233
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 231b
  • 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 663a