קצע

Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Arabic قَصَّ (qaṣṣa, “to cut”), Hebrew קָצַע (“to cut”), Ge'ez ቀጽዐ (ḳäṣʿä, “to humiliate, to depress, to cut out”), Akkadian 𒅗𒊍 (/⁠gaṣāṣu, kaṣāṣu, qaṣāṣu⁠/), Old South Arabian 𐩤𐩮𐩲 (qṣʿ, “to gnaw through”), Shehri [script needed] (qeḍaʿ, “to gnaw through”), Arabic قَصَعَ (qaṣaʕa, “to crush”), Arabic قَضَعَ (qaḍaʕa, “to subdue”), Arabic قَطَعَ (qaṭaʕa, “to cut”), Aramaic קְטַע (qṭaʿ, “to cut down”), Classical Syriac ܩܨ (qaṣṣ, “to cut”).

Verb

קְצַע or קָצַע • (qṣaʿ or qāṣaʿ)

1. to cut, to trim

References

• “qṣˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–