ܩܘܛܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܩܛܢܐ

Etymology

From the root ܩ-ܛ-ܢ (q-ṭ-n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qutˤnɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [qutˤne(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܩܘܛܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܘܛܢܐ)

1. common people, populace, folk, crowd
2. congregation, laity
3. (figuratively) mass, bulk, group of things

References

• “qwṭnˀ”, 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, p. 316a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 493b
• 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, p. 1327a