ܟܬܒ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܟ ܬ ܒ‎ (k t b)
5 terms

Etymology

From Aramaic כתב‎ (kāṯeḇ), from Proto-West Semitic *katab-; compare Arabic كَتَبَ‎ (kataba) and Hebrew כָּתַב‎ (katáv).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [kɑːθevː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃaːtevː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [kɑːθuː]

Verb

ܟܵܬܹܒ݂ • (kātēḇ) (present participle ܟܬܵܒ݂ܵܐ‎ (ktāḇā), past participle ܟܬܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ‎ (ktīḇā))

  1. to write
    ‏ܒܩܲܝܕܵܡܬܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܟܵܬܒ݂ܹܢ ܐܸܓܲܪ̈ܝܵܬܹܐ ܘܟܹܐ ܩܵܪܹܝܢ ܣܦܵܪܝܵܘܡܵܐ.‎‎
    b-qaydāmtā kē kātḇēn iggaryātē w-kē qārēn spāryāwmā.
    In the morning I write letters and I read the newspaper.
    • 1 John 1:4:
    • ‏ܒܸܟܬܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܘܲܚ ܐܲܢܹܐ ܐܸܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܕܚܲܕܘܼܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܦܵܝܫܵܐ ܡܘܼܟܡܸܠܬܵ‌ܐ.‎‎
      biktāḇā ìwaḥ annē illāwḵon d-ḥadutāwḵon pāyšā mukmiltā‌ā.
      We are writing these to you that your joy may be full.

Conjugation

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