Classical Syriac edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [qe(ʔ)tˤɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qe(ʔ)tˤe] (plural)

Noun edit

ܩܐܛܐ (qēʾṭāʾm (plural ܩܐܛܐ)

  1. whale
  2. (mythology) huge fish, sea monster, leviathan

Inflection edit

See also edit

Proper noun edit

ܩܐܛܐ (qēʾṭāʾm

  1. (astronomy) Cetus

References edit

  • qˀṭˀ”, 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 315b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 486a
  • Payne Smith, Robert (1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), volume II, Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 3601
  • 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 1306b