ܟܬܒܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܟ ܬ ܒ (k t b)
5 terms

Pronunciation

  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [kɪθuːθɑː]

Adjective

ܟܸܬ݂ܒ݂ܬܵܐ (kiṯḇtā) f (plural ܟܸ̈ܬ݂ܒ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (kiṯḇāṯā))

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܟ-ܬ-ܒ (k-t-b) related to writing. Compare Arabic كِتَابَة (kitāba) and Hebrew כַּתָּבָה (kattāḇâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [k(ə)θɑvtɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [k(ə)θɑvɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܟܬܒܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܟܬܒܬܐ)

  1. handwriting
  2. autograph, signature
  3. (in the plural) writings

Inflection

References

  • ktbh”, 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 165a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 230b
  • 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 661a
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