ܩܐܛܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܩܝܛܐ, ܩܛܐ, ܩܐܛܘܣ, ܩܝܛܘܣ, ܩܛܘܣ, ܩܐܛܣ, ܩܝܛܣ, ܩܛܣ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܩܐܛܐ • (qēʾṭāʾ) m (plural ܩܐܛܐ)

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

Inflection

    inflection of ܩܐܛܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܩܐܛ	ܩܐܛܝܢ
construct	ܩܐܛ	ܩܐܛܝ
emphatic	ܩܐܛܐ	ܩܐܛܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܩܐܛܝ	ܩܐܛܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܩܐܛܟ	ܩܐܛܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܩܐܛܟܝ	ܩܐܛܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܩܐܛܗ	ܩܐܛܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܩܐܛܗ	ܩܐܛܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܩܐܛܢ	ܩܐܛܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܩܐܛܟܘܢ	ܩܐܛܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܩܐܛܟܝܢ	ܩܐܛܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܩܐܛܗܘܢ	ܩܐܛܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܩܐܛܗܝܢ	ܩܐܛܝܗܝܢ

See also

• ܠܘܝܬܢ (lewyāṯān)

Proper noun

ܩܐܛܐ • (qēʾṭāʾ) m

1. (astronomy) Cetus

References

• “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