ܩܛܥ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܩ ܛ ܥ (q ṭ ˁ)
3 terms

From Aramaic קְטַע (qəṭaʿ); cognate to Arabic قَطَعَ (qaṭaʕa) and Hebrew קָטַע (katá')

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [qɑːtˤeːʕ]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [qaːtˤeʔ]

Verb

ܩܵܛܹܥ • (qāṭēˁ) (present participle ܩܛܵܥܵܐ (qṭāˁā), past participle ܩܛܝܼܥܵܐ (qṭīˁā))

1. to cut off, to chop down

   ܒܸܪܩܵܐ ܩܛܝܼܥ ܠܹܗ ܡܸܨܥܲܬ݂ ܡܸܫܬܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ. ― birqā qṭīˁ lēh miṣˁaṯ mištūṯā. ― The electricity cut off in the middle of the party.

2. to cut up, cut short

   ܡܲܦܫܡܵܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂ ܘܵܠܹܐ ܕܩܵܛܥܲܚ ܠܵܗ̇ ܬܦܵܩܬܲܢ̈. ― mapšmānāˀīṯ wālē d-qāṭˁaḥ lāh tpāqtan. ― We will have to cut our interview short.

3. to interrupt someone speaking, cut off

   ܠܵܐ ܩܵܛܥܹܬ ܠܹܗ ܡܲܠܦܵܢܵܐ ܟܲܕ ܡܡܲܠܸܠ. ― lā qāṭˁēt lēh malpānā kad mmallil. ― Don't interrupt the teacher while he speaks.

4. to pick; harvest a fruit from a tree

   Synonyms: ܩܵܛܹܦ (qāṭēp), ܠܵܩܹܛ (lāqēṭ)

   ܩܛܝܼܥ ܠܲܢ ܦܹܐܪܹ̈ܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܐܝܼܠܵܢܵܐ. ― qṭīˁ lan pērē min īlānā. ― We picked the fruit from the tree.

5. (geometry) to intersect

   ܣܘܼܪ̈ܛܹܐ ܣܒ݂ܝܼܗܹ̈ܐ ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܩܵܛܥܝܼ ܠܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ. ― surṭē sḇīhē lā kē qāṭˁī liḥḏāḏē. ― Parallel lines do not intersect.

6. (slang) to cut class, to skip class

   ܡܕܲܒܪܵܢ ܡܲܕ݂ܪܲܫܬܵܐ ܩܵܡ ܡܲܙܗܸܪ ܠܝܼ ܕܠܵܐ ܩܵܛܥܹܢ ܣܸܕ݂ܪܵܐ ܓܵܗܵܐ ܐ݇ܚܹܪ݇ܬܵܐ. ― mdabrān maḏraštā qām mazhir lī d-lā qāṭˁēn siḏrā gāhā ḥētā. ― The principal warned me not to skip class.

7. (slang) to jaywalk, cross the street, to run (a stop sign, traffic light, etc.)

   Synonym: ܡܵܚܹܐ (māḥē)

   ܫܘܼܪܛܵܝܵܐ ܩܵܡ ܡܲܟܠܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܘܩܵܡ ܫܵܐܹܠ ܠܝܼ ܩܲܝ ܩܛܝܼܥ ܠܝܼ ܒܪܵܡܘܿܙܵܐ ܣܡܘܿܩܵܐ. ― šurṭāyā qām maklē lī w-qām šāˀēl lī qay qṭīˁ lī b-rāmōzā smōqā. ― The policeman stopped me and asked me why I ran the red light.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ܩܵܛܹܥ (qāṭēˁ)

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ܩܛܝܼܥ ܠܝܼ (qṭīˁ lī)	ܩܛܝܼܥ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (qṭīˁ lūḵ)	ܩܛܝܼܥ ܠܹܗ (qṭīˁ lēh)	ܩܛܝܼܥ ܠܲܢ (qṭīˁ lan)	ܩܛܝܼܥ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qṭīˁ lāwḵōn)	ܩܛܝܼܥ ܠܗܘܿܢ (qṭīˁ lhōn)
	f		ܩܛܝܼܥ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (qṭīˁ lāḵ)	ܩܛܝܼܥ ܠܵܗ̇ (qṭīˁ lāh)
non-past	m	ܩܵܛܥܹܢ (qāṭˁēn)	ܩܵܛܥܹܬ (qāṭˁēt)	ܩܵܛܹܥ (qāṭēˁ)	ܩܵܛܲܚ (qāṭaḥ)	ܩܵܛܝܼܬܘܿܢ (qāṭītōn)	ܩܵܛܝܼ (qāṭī)
	f	ܩܵܛܥܵܢ (qāṭˁān)	ܩܵܛܥܵܬܝ (qāṭˁāt)	ܩܵܛܥܵܐ (qāṭˁā)
imperative	m		ܩܛܹܥ (qṭēˁ)			ܩܛܹܥܡܘܼܢ (qṭēˁmūn)
	f		ܩܛܹܥܝ (qṭēˁ)