Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Root
ܟ ܬ ܒ (k t b)
9 terms

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb), Hebrew כְּתָב (kəṯāḇ).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [kθɑːvɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [kθɑːwɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃtɑːvɑː]

Noun edit

ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐ (kṯāḇām (plural ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (kṯāḇē) or ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܢܹ̈ܐ (kṯāḇānē))

  1. book, writing
    ܡܲܚܸܒܸܢ ܩܵܪܹܝܢ ܚܲܕ݇ ܟܬܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܒܩܲܝܕܵܡܬܵܐ ܘܚܲܕ݇ ܐ݇ܚܹܪ݇ܢܵܐ ܒܪܲܡܫܵܐ.
    maḥḥibin qārēn ḥa ktāḇā bqaydāmtā w-ḥa ḥēnā b-ramšā.
    I like to read one book in the morning and another in the evening.
    • 2 Timothy 4:13:
      ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܐܵܬܹܝܬ ܡܲܝܬ݂ܝܼ ܠܵܗ̇ ܥܵܒܵܝܬܵܐ ܕܫܒ݂ܝܼܩ ܠܝܼ ܠܟܸܣ ܩܵܪܦܘܿܣ ܓܵܘ ܛܪܘܿܐܘܿܣ، ܐܘܼܦ ܡܲܝܬ݂ܝܼ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܟܬܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ، ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܒܘܼܫ ܙܵܘܕܵܐ ܟܬܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܕܓܸܠܕܵܐ.
      īman d-ātēt mayṯī lāh ˁābāytā dšḇīq lī lkis qārpōs gāw ṭrōˀōs, ūp mayṯī lhōn ktāḇē, īnā būš zāwdā ktāḇē dgildā.
      When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and bring the books as well, especially the parchments..
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Related to the above; compare Arabic كَاتِب (kātib), Hebrew כּוֹתֵב (kotév).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [kat.tɑːwɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [kaθɑːwɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃat.tɑːvɑː]

Noun edit

ܟܲܬܵܒ݂ܵܐ (kattāḇām (plural ܟܲܬ݂ܵܒܹ̈ܐ (kaṯābē), feminine ܟܲܬܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ (kattāḇtā))

  1. writer, author
Declension edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

 
ܟܬܒܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ

From the root ܟ-ܬ-ܒ (k-t-b) related to writing; compare Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb), Hebrew כְּתָב (kəṯāḇ).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [k(ə.)ˈθɑ.vɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈkθɑ.wɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈkθo.wo], [ˈkθo.bo]

Noun edit

ܟܬܒܐ (kəṯāḇām (plural ܟܬܒ̈ܐ (kəṯāḇē))

  1. book
    • Peshitta, 2 Timothy 4:13:
      ܒܝܬ ܟܬܒ̈ܐ ܕܝܢ ܕܫܒܩܬ ܒܛܪܘܐܘܣ ܠܘܬ ܩܪܦܘܣ. ܡܐ ܕܐܬܐ ܐܢܬ ܐܝܬܝܗܝ. ܘܟܬܒ̈ܐ ܝܬܝܪܐܝܬ ܟܪ̈ܟܐ ܕܡܓܠ̈ܐ.
      bêṯ kəṯāḇē ḏên də-šeḇqeṯ ba-ṭərōʾōs ləwāṯ qarpōs, mā ḏə-ʾāṯē ʾa[n]t ʾaytāy[hy], wa-ḵəṯāḇē yattīrāʾīṯ kerkē ḏa-məḡallē.
      The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.
  2. writing, scripture, script
  3. handwriting
  4. inscription, superscription, title
  5. tattoo
  6. record, agreement, contract, decree, bill, bond

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • ktb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-10-20
  • 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, pages 660b-661a