ܩܪܐܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܩܪܥܐ (qarrʿā)

Etymology

In Jewish Babylonian Aramaic קַרְעָא (qarʿā), קַרָא m (qarā, “pumpkin, gourd”), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic קרייה f (“gourd”), Christian Palestinian Aramaic ܩܪܝ f (“gourd”), Mishnaic Hebrew קרויה (qērūyā, “dried bottle gourd”), apparently metathetical to Hebrew קְעָרָה (qəʿārā, “bowl, basin”), Arabic قَعْر (qaʕr, “bottom, depth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qarʔɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qarʔe] (plural)

Noun

ܩܪܐܐ • (qarrʾā) m (plural ܩܪܐܐ (qarrʾē))

1. gourd, pumpkin

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܪܐܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܩܪܐ		1st person	ܩܪܐܝ		ܩܪܐܢ
	construct	ܩܪܐ		2nd person	ܩܪܐܟ	ܩܪܐܟܝ	ܩܪܐܟܘܢ	ܩܪܐܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܪܐܐ		3rd person	ܩܪܐܗ	ܩܪܐܗ	ܩܪܐܗܘܢ	ܩܪܐܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܩܪܐܝܢ		1st person	ܩܪܐܝ		ܩܪܐܝܢ
	construct	ܩܪܐܝ		2nd person	ܩܪܐܝܟ	ܩܪܐܝܟܝ	ܩܪܐܝܟܘܢ	ܩܪܐܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܪܐܐ		3rd person	ܩܪܐܘܗܝ	ܩܪܐܝܗ	ܩܪܐܝܗܘܢ	ܩܪܐܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: قَرْع (qarʕ)

References

• “qrˀ”, 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 328b
• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 545–548
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 517a
• Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 3754
• 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 1400a